DON’T GET COCKY: Democrats Are in Big Trouble With Their Dedicated Base According to New Focus Group Data. “The focus groups dispensed with the fiction that voters only care about unemployment numbers or economic growth when they pay significantly more for groceries and gas personally. According to Lizza and Daniels, participants used words like ‘exhausted,’ ‘uptight,’ ‘unsure,’ ‘concerned,’ and ‘anxious’ to describe their feelings about the current environment.”