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Republicans will hold their politicians accountable when it comes to achieving their goals, or at least fighting for them. Trump's core promise was to improve the economy and create jobs, and so far under Trump the economy has been stronger than it has been since 2000. Whether Trump deserves credit for that is debatable but his supporters just look at results and what they see is success.

In my opinion, for the vast majority of swing voters the whole wall/immigration issue is really about 2 things:

1. Stop Democrats from winning elections by preventing immigrants or their children from becoming US citizens and voting for Democrats.
2. Improve job opportunities and wages for low-income Americans by stopping their competition from entering the country.

All the rest of the stuff (the allegations of crime, racism, etc.) are simply coded ways to express #1 without looking blatantly partisan. #2 was previously a big deal but is becoming less and less so with each month that the US economy remains so strong. Americans are largely finding jobs now if they want to work.
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