The Democrats’ new loyalists? Suburban women.

For decades, Democrats and Republicans fought election-by-election to win the support of college-educated women. But these women, many of whom live in the nation’s suburbs, are now slipping out of the GOP’s reach. President Barack Obama won only 46 percent of this bloc in 2012; Hillary Clinton won 51 percent four years later. But in 2018, Democrats won more than 59 percent of college-educated women; Joe Biden is also now on track to best both Obama and Clinton’s success with college-educated women. That shift has crucial implications. CONT.

Rahm Emanuel, Washington Post


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