'A huge red flag for Republicans': GOP frantic as longtime voters abandon party over Trump [View all]
‘A huge red flag for Republicans’: GOP frantic as longtime voters abandon party over Trump
Tom Boggioni 26 NOV 2017 AT 10:38 ET
Nearly one year after Donald Trump took up residence in the White House, the failures and petty squabbles of the new president are already having an impact on voters, causing Republicans to be concerned how much damage he can do to the party before the 2018 midterms.
Case in point: the recent election in Virginia that saw a traditional GOP stronghold flip for a Democrat.
According to the Washington Post, Chesterfield County backed a Democrat for governor for the first time since 1961 and the GOP is looking for answers to stop the bleeding in a county that is seeing more women voters going to the polls in the age of Trump.
“That’s a huge red flag for Republicans and an opportunity for Democrats,” explained Jesse Ferguson, a Democratic strategist. “There’s opportunity in these traditionally conservative suburbs with college-educated white voters who are unwilling to back a Republican candidate. It’s a function of and proof that Trump has tainted the rest of the Republicans running for office.”
https://www.rawstory.com/2017/11/a-huge-red-flag-for-republicans-gop-frantic-as-longtime-voters-abandon-party-over-trump/
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