Trump could sink the House GOP in suburbia

[brooklynite]

CNN

(CNN)President Donald Trump's continuing erosion among well-educated voters looms as perhaps the most imposing headwind to Republican hopes of recapturing the House of Representatives in November -- or even avoiding further losses in the chamber.

In 2018, a suburban revolt against Trump powered Democrats to sweeping gains in white-collar House districts from coast to coast. The backlash left the GOP holding only about one-fourth of all House districts that have more college graduates than the national average, down from more than two-fifths before the election, according to a new CNN analysis of census data.

Now, recent national and district-level polls signal that many of the well-educated voters souring on Trump are also displaying more resistance to Republican congressional candidates than in 2018 -- potentially much more.

That movement could frustrate GOP hopes of dislodging many of the first-term House Democrats who captured previously Republican suburban seats in 2018. It also means Democrats see further opportunities in white-collar House districts -- from Pennsylvania and Georgia to Indiana and especially Texas -- where the GOP held off the 2018 suburban tide, often only by narrow margins.

[beachbumbob]

1. they are sunk and they are making it worse every day , so keep it up

[RobertDevereaux]

2. grumpf MUST sink the toxic R cabala NATIONWIDE!

[tanyev]

3. I was amazed to see my voting precinct went blue in 2016.

A little island of blue in a very red area (Collin County). May it grow and grow and grow.