… In the era of Trump, Democrats have become more and more reliant on suburban voters. But, as one Democratic strategist wondered aloud the other day: are Democrats simply renting them until Trump is no longer in office? CONT. Amy Walter, Cook Political Report Read more »
4 poll numbers that could spell doom for Trump and the GOP
We’re less than four months from the 2020 election, and President Trump is in a bad way. A slew of national polls show him losing to Joe Biden by an average of around nine points; swing-state polls almost universally show Biden leading; and worry is growing on the right not […] Read more »
Trump Is Selling White Grievance. The Suburbs Aren’t Buying It.
… From North Carolina to Pennsylvania to Arizona, interviews this week with more than two dozen suburban voters in critical swing states revealed abhorrence for Mr. Trump’s growing efforts to fuel white resentment with inflammatory rhetoric on race and cultural heritage. The discomfort was palpable even among voters who also […] Read more »
Trump could sink the House GOP in suburbia
President Donald Trump’s continuing erosion among well-educated voters looms as perhaps the most imposing headwind to Republican hopes of recapturing the House of Representatives in November — or even avoiding further losses in the chamber. … In recent weeks, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and other party groups have publicly […] Read more »
The Sun Belt Spikes Could Be a Disaster for Trump
The wildfire of coronavirus cases burning through the Sun Belt’s largest cities and suburbs could accelerate their movement away from President Donald Trump and the GOP—a dynamic with the potential to tip the balance in national elections not only in 2020, but for years to come. Until the 2016 election, […] Read more »
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 […] Read more »