Republicans Can Win Back the Suburbs. Here’s How.

Republican support continues to erode in the suburbs of the nation’s largest metropolitan areas. This month’s elections offered more proof of the party’s struggles, as Democrats surged in suburban Washington, Philadelphia and New Orleans while gaining enough votes in the suburbs outside Cincinnati, Louisville and Lexington to capture the Kentucky governorship.

Republicans looking to win back suburban voters should consider the issue of education. Over the past several years, the party has moved steadily away from advocating expanded government funding for both K-12 and higher education as its electoral coalition has become older, more rural and less well-educated itself. CONT.