AD“In some suburbs, [women] make the critical margin of difference,” said Kathryn Pearson, an associate professor of political science at the University of Minnesota. GOP organizers are aggressively campaigning in these districts, adamant that a “silent majority” of conservative women is energized to vote for Trump. A hot-pink “Women for Trump” bus drew crowds on a tour through the state last week and made stops in several suburban towns. Women in the Minneapolis suburbs turned out in large numbers in 2018 to unseat two Republican incumbents, including in Vevang Anderson’s district. “It’s less likely that they’ll vote Republican and Trump, but they might just say, ‘I’m not going to vote,’” Schultz said of women in these suburbs.

Source: Washington Post August 27, 2020 20:48 UTC