I’m a suburban woman in a Philly collar suburb. My observations (anecdotal) on why so many women here are turned off by Trump is because “he’s mean”, especially on Twitter. Couple that with a weird brainwashed belief that Democrats are “nice, inclusive, and for the little people” and the newly created “white privilege” guilt and you have a trifecta.
But we’re not all morons, and we aren’t monolithic, I know there are many around here like me, who don’t buy into the BS and don’t get all their news from the mainstream media.
I’m also in a collar suburb and agree with your observations. We are surrounded by virtue signalling yard signs and women who walk in lockstep. They think of themselves as educated and intellectual because they are well informed via the propaganda pipeline. They parrot talking points and go to church-sponsored seminars on white privilege. It can be a lonely place for conservative women. Voting D is a deep part of their identities and many of them equate it with women’s rights. There is also a big alignment of D voting with ‘a woman’s right to choose’ as it’s so euphemistically stated. Unfortunately, many of them drag their husbands along like errant children.
I’m sorry, “collar suburb” is new term to me. Blue collar? White collar? Mixed collars? How does it differentiate one suburb from another? I’m not sure I understand. I hate to be so dumb, but I can’t find it defined on the internet either. Thanks for your help.