Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

brooklynite

(94,818 posts)
Tue Sep 6, 2022, 06:28 PM Sep 2022

Politico: 'They're getting killed among women': Skeptical female voters stand in way of GOP Senate

Republicans this election cycle thought they had finally achieved a breakthrough with suburban women after years of losing support.

Now, as the primary season has all but ended, the GOP is back where it once was: Appealing directly to skeptical female voters, the women whose support will make or break the party’s drive to retake the Senate majority.

A sure sign: One after the other, Republican nominees in top Senate battlegrounds have softened, backpedaled and sought to clarify their abortion positions after the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade. Another is that male candidates have begun putting their wives in front of the camera to speak directly to voters in new television ads.

Those ads, along with public and internal polling data, suggest that the GOP’s struggle to attract women voters may turn out to be the biggest obstacle standing between the party and a potential Senate majority in 2023. A Wall Street Journal poll released Thursday showed that abortion was the single issue most likely to drive respondents to vote this fall, above inflation. And 52 percent of white suburban women say they would support a Democratic candidate in the election, the poll found, while only 40 percent said they would vote for the Republican.


https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/06/skeptical-female-voters-gop-senate-00054747
3 replies = new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight: NoneDon't highlight anything 5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Politico: 'They're getting killed among women': Skeptical female voters stand in way of GOP Senate (Original Post) brooklynite Sep 2022 OP
Horse ... barn ... cloud of dust on the horizon ... Sky Jewels Sep 2022 #1
I expect that Republican ads this fall will lean heavily into crime and fear POC. TheRealNorth Sep 2022 #2
Us women along with men are NOT going to take it anymore MagickMuffin Sep 2022 #3

Sky Jewels

(7,184 posts)
1. Horse ... barn ... cloud of dust on the horizon ...
Tue Sep 6, 2022, 06:30 PM
Sep 2022

Go ahead and close that big red wooden door, GOP numbnuts. We already know you despise women.

MagickMuffin

(15,970 posts)
3. Us women along with men are NOT going to take it anymore
Tue Sep 6, 2022, 06:44 PM
Sep 2022


I find it disgusting 40% would vote (maybe the last one) for the party that states publicly they are doing just that. Taking away our fights to think for ourselves.


They must be defeated!


Latest Discussions»General Discussion»Politico: 'They're gettin...