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Working-class white women are turning on Trump

President Trump’s storied grip on the white working class is weakening among women, threatening both his reelection prospects and his party’s efforts to improve its standing with female voters.

Working class white men are sticking with Trump. Many of their wives, daughters and sisters are not. “These women will be a real battleground... They are surrounded by Trump-supporting men in their lives.”

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Working-class, white women are a key swing group for 2020, and they've begun turning against Trump, reports. They're "also cross-pressured, because they are surrounded by Trump-supporting men in their lives,” says .

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A growing crack in Trump's base: working class white women are turning on him. Even in battleground states like Wisconsin, where has erased Trump's margin.

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White working-class women heavily favored Trump in 2016. But recent polls show they are being driven away by his combative style, his erratic handling of the coronavirus crisis and his effort to quickly reopen the economy despite health risks.

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