If there’s a Democratic sweep in November, politically moderate suburban women will be a big reason why. “Now I’m Democratic,” said one Michigan woman. “I’ve never been before.”
Senate candidate Maria Collett canvassing in Ambler, PA, Campaign Manager Kristiansen and Field Director Borwegen. Credit: Ryan Collerd, Buzzfeed News
The popular face of this year’s elections on the American left may well be Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a young democratic socialist who shocked the Democratic establishment in New York City. But if there is a blue wave this year, the real driving force will be the country’s politically moderate suburban women.
Since the election of Donald Trump, many have turned their backs on the Republican Party, and many others have become politically engaged for the first time in their lives. Suburban women are rallying to take control of Congress away from Trump — and potentially to take over the Democratic Party.
Once reliably Republican-voting, college-educated white women — who make up a large portion of women voters in the suburbs — flipped from Mitt Romney to Hillary Clinton in 2016 by a narrow 6-point margin. That gap is now a chasm. In a poll of 59 battleground House races nationwide, college-educated white women now favor Democrats over Republicans by nearly 30 points.
View the complete October 16 article by Molly Hensley-Clancy on the BuzzFeedNews.com website here.