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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDonald Trump has a problem: White women in Pennsylvania
White women helped propel him to victory in 2016. Now they're rethinking things.
By LAURA BARRÓN-LÓPEZ and HOLLY OTTERBEIN
10/19/2020 04:11 PM EDT
ALLENTOWN, Pa. Juliann Bortz wants to apologize for something she did a few years ago.
The 71-year-old resident of the battleground state of Pennsylvania, a registered Democrat, voted for Donald Trump.
It wasnt that she was unhappy with former President Barack Obama: She voted for him, too. Bortz, who lives in the Lehigh Valley, a swing area, thought a new approach, a business approach couldnt hurt when she cast a ballot for Trump.
I was wrong. Boy was I wrong, said Bortz, who is white. Her change of heart is due to the lies, the division and Trumps attacks on veterans. And she said there are friends and neighbors just like her Democrats who voted Republican in 2016 but are now flipping back.
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dem4decades
(11,301 posts)Enterstageleft
(3,398 posts)muntrv
(14,505 posts)tblue37
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(29,567 posts)CaliforniaPeggy
(149,681 posts)DeminPennswoods
(15,290 posts)that were "Trump try-ers", figuring as she did that a "new approach, a business approach" would help fix what they perceived to be wrong with gov't.
I believe that Americans don't hate government, but what they want is efficient and effective government - one that works for them. IMO, that's what they were voting for when they cast their 2016 ballots for Trump.
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(5,720 posts)A beautiful fire wall!
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(83,859 posts)JoeOtterbein
(7,702 posts)...correct!
Signed, Proud Popa!
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)JoeOtterbein
(7,702 posts)Your parents have a cool kid too!
TwilightZone
(25,473 posts)One poll (Monmouth, I believe) has him ahead with white voters overall. That's pretty remarkable.
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flibbitygiblets
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(118,330 posts)ismnotwasm
(41,998 posts)94% of Black women who voted, voted for Hillary Clinton.