Journalists are obsessing over a new voter—suburban women—and not a moment too soon
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Oh, yes, surely we will still be hearing liberally from Trump voters whose only regret is their hero's failure thus far to actually drop someone on 5th Avenue. But even Washington journalists seem to have tired of them a bit. And just in time for the midterJournalists are obsessing over a new voter—suburban women—and not a moment too soon
Oh, yes, surely we will still be hearing liberally from Trump voters whose only regret is their hero's failure thus far to actually drop someone on 5th Avenue. But even Washington journalists seem to have tired of them a bit. And just in time for the midterms, we are starting to meet a new crop of voters journalists just can't get enough of: suburban women. They are of interest, of course, not only because the election outcome might turn on them, but also because they appear to be moving as a bloc toward Democrats. The question is whether their midterm votes will represent a one-time shift or an actual evolution. As noted in a lengthy Buzzfeed article interviewing suburban women in Michigan, Minnesota, and Pennsylvania: The question isn’t so much if these voters will leave Republicans this year, but whether the shift is permanent — whether Republicans have, in the space of a few years, lost a demographic that they once relied on. Journalist Ronald Brownstein wondered in The Atlantic whether the new Democratic converts might serve as the long-term antidote to the white working-class men who abandoned Democrats for Trump in 2016. «In that way,» he wrote, «2018 could complete the geographic realignment that began in 2010, cementing Democratic control inside the major metropolitan areas and reaffirming Republican dominance beyond them.» What is interesting and perhaps not so obvious is the variety of voters in this relatively small niche. Some were simply passive Democratic voters who got really activated and started organizing and even running. Others were Democratic leaners or Republican leaners who often purposely split their tickets to vote for divided government. Still others were flat-out GOP voters who say they won't go near Republicans this cycle. “Now I’m Democratic. I’ve never been before,” said Bobbie, a retired woman spending a morning browsing the shops of Birmingham, Michigan, an idyllic suburb of Detroit. “But I care about our Constitution.” She’s split tickets between Republicans and Democrats before, she said, but now? “Absolutely not. I don’t see myself voting for any of them.” GET OUT THE VOTE for Democrats. Just click here, enter your zip, and you’re off to the races! But don't stop there! How about chipping in $3 right now to help put the House safely back in Democratic control. Read more