Posted on 11/10/2019 10:18:00 AM PST by wac3rd
'Trump basically turned me into a Democrat': Working-class white women drifting away from the president
DUBUQUE, Iowa — One of the essential storylines of the 2016 presidential election was the hidden Donald Trump voter: the person who wasn’t surveyed by pollsters or comfortable telling friends or family about who they thought was best to lead the country.
Three years ago, thousands of these Americans — many working class, residing in the middle of the country — helped deliver the most astounding electoral surprise in modern history. Now, as they review the Trump presidency a year before his reelection, some are showing signs of turning on conventional wisdom again.
Heather, a local administrative assistant here who is married with a stroller-bound toddler, is still so embarrassed by her 2016 vote that she wasn’t comfortable revealing her last name.
“I’m ashamed to admit … but I’m of a more conservative bent and family. I just couldn’t vote for Hillary. But I also thought there’s no way Trump was going to win. This way, I could at least say, ‘Well I didn’t vote for her,’” she said. “I didn’t think I was doing any harm.” While Heather isn’t sharing her conversion far and wide, she’s already decided “there’s no chance” she’d vote for Trump again. “Heavens no,” she said. “Trump basically turned me into a Democrat.”
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Repeal the 19th.
Not fake. My s-i-l is one of these, so convinced that the tax cuts did nothing for her she gets literally choked up and tearful.
She lives in Seattle, so she’s constantly bombarded by mis-information.
Fake news. Everyone benefits from a good economy.
Agree...the media are putting out their narrative. White female scum...oh, excuse me, non-college educated is what they said, the other was what they meant to say...have finally realized the error of their ways, thanks to their betters.
This white, middle-aged, middle-class, working woman will be voting Trump...again.
Yeah right, uh no.
They will run with that next.
Of course the urinalists will leave out the fact that I am still going to be enthusiastically vote for Trump.
The Lefts is so obsessed with finding any negative narrative they can find, it becomes entertainment. This is how Trump steals the news cycle everyday since he first announced in 2015.
BULL
More BS
I seriously doubt it.
Yay! Hillary set the Womens Movement back a hundred years.
So silly. My mom would cancel out my dad’s vote every single time. I’m talking 1940’s here.
Ignore, ignore, ignore. Get into the habit. All polls will be more hinked than usual.
And we will see a lot of reverse Bradleyism..
They can’t find one Trump voter who has defected. Its frustrated the Democrat media to no end.
After three of nonstop negative barrage aimed at the President, he’s more popular than ever.
Good luck with trying to separate his base from him.
The MSM lie in creatively sneaky ways.
Imagine if they put the effort into learning and reporting truth.
For some reason I still laugh whenever I see that.
He was SUCH an assclown on so many levels... lol. I actually miss having him around to fk with.
Sorry but ther has been no slip of Trump’s support in any of his base groups... while I am sure you can always find an individual annectdote for anything nothing supports the supposition of this article
These woman abandon Trump stories, right on cue.
Sure...how convinent.
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