Update: seven dozen interviews so far in SE Wisconsin and suburban Milwaukee.

Zero people have mentioned the "losers" or "suckers" comment unprompted. When I bring it up, every Trump voter says they don& #39;t believe it or it was taken out of context. https://twitter.com/CharlotteAlter/status/1301912784397955074">https://twitter.com/Charlotte...

This includes several Trump voters who are the sons of veterans. They said they were completely unbothered by the "Losers/Suckers" comments, because they either didn& #39;t believe he said them or didn& #39;t care if he did

To clarify: Even for Biden voters, the "Losers/Suckers" comment had zero impact on their choice. The undecided voters I spoke to also did not mention this.

Not one voter on either side mentioned this unprompted, and when prompted, they dismissed it.

I& #39;m not dismissing the importance of the Losers/Suckers comment. It is very important, and I believe The Atlantic& #39;s reporting.

I just think that the way we think about how news reports influence voter decision making is totally broken

(For Biden voters dismissing it, it wasn& #39;t that they thought it wasn& #39;t true-- it was that they had decided long ago to vote for Biden and this seemed like more of what they already thought of Trump.)