Suburban women recoil as Trump dives into racial politics
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Source: AP
By MARC LEVY and SCOTT BAUER today
BROOKFIELD, Wis. (AP) Carol Evans approves of Donald Trumps immigration policy. She gives him credit for the strong economy. But the Republican from the affluent Milwaukee suburbs of Waukesha County, a GOP bedrock in the state, just cant commit to voting for the president next year like she did in 2016.
I just dont like the way he talks about other people, Evans, a 79-year-old retired data entry supervisor, said recently as she walked through a shopping mall in Brookfield, Wisconsin, days after Trump fired off a racist tweet at Democratic congresswomen.
The presidents recent return to racial politics may be aimed at rallying his base of white working-class voters across rural America. But the risks of the strategy are glaring in conversations with women like Evans.
Many professional, suburban women a critical voting bloc in the 2020 election recoil at the abrasive, divisive rhetoric, exposing the president to a potential wave of opposition in key battlegrounds across the country.
In more than three dozen interviews by The Associated Press with women in critical suburbs, nearly all expressed dismay or worse at Trumps racially polarizing insults and what was often described as unpresidential treatment of people. Even some who gave Trump credit for the economy or backed his crackdown on immigration acknowledged they were troubled or uncomfortable lining up behind the president....................
Read more: https://apnews.com/e1d98f7567f947d49f698e3ee0f234a3
This is a new interview type research--. Not just yes, no responses. Smaller sample but sure hope it holds.
catbyte
(34,485 posts)his concentration camps but his language offends their delicate sensibilities. Fuck them all.
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ananda
(28,885 posts).. the appearance of it.
The Reeps were smarter when they used code language
and appeared more moral, even though they never were.
bucolic_frolic
(43,364 posts)when all is said and done, that is really all one has in life, and if you can't get that right, you are garbage.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,600 posts)It's called "Lindsey Graham Syndrome" (LGS). It's the ability to abandon lifelong principles to be a part of the winning team. And if there's one thing that Don the Con is great at, it's convincing people that he's a winner.
Here's Graham in 2015:
Here's Graham now, after LGS:
iamateacher
(1,089 posts)EXACTLY what I have seen in the past 2 years. If Trump loses, it is partially because he has offended women in so many ways. Women are energized to vote against him. I see primarily women coming out to vote in the last elections and they are emphatically against Trump. This is not what I have seen in previous years. Repub men slink through and do not make eye contact.
AJT
(5,240 posts)the day that President Obama's "stay in school" message was to be shown at schools. They did not want their children brainwashed.
DavidDvorkin
(19,497 posts)Aargh!
stopdiggin
(11,387 posts)SIGH .... and yet (god I hate to have to say it), these people are important to getting that pile of garbage out of office in 2020
BaronChocula
(1,607 posts)"he says he loves me..."
Rebl2
(13,575 posts)vote for him. She was just to embarrassed to say so. If you cant make yourself vote for the Democrat (which Im sure she wouldnt) please dont vote at all.
BlueMTexpat
(15,374 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,743 posts)I have no trust in this kind of data.
We need to keep working.
Omaha Steve
(99,780 posts)Analysis.