In June, Navigator Research, the left-leaning polling outfit, interviewed three groups of swing voters—first-generation Americans, religious voters, and veterans—and found a common theme. The voters agreed that the country is off-track, but they also expressed hope that certain core values can survive the current climate. Stephanie, a 43-year-old white woman from Mississippi who voted for Kamala Harris and attends church weekly, was one of them. “I have high hopes that America will be great again,” she said. (The focus group participants declined to share their last names.) “I think we have to hit rock bottom, pick ourselves up, and get better. And I have hopes that better days are coming.