Abortion policies could make the Republican Party's 'suburban women problem' worse (April 25, 2024)
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Which is likely why fmr Pres Trump is back-paddling from prior positions on abortion.

Donald Trump's Women Voter Problem is Getting Worse
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... With seven months to go until November's presidential election and the majority of polls showing the presumptive presidential candidates Donald Trump and Joe Biden are basically neck-and-neck, the pair both need every vote they can to secure the keys to the White House.

But Trump, the Republican former president, may be hampering his chances at success because of his standing with one key demographic in the adult voting population: women.

Polls show that the proportion of women who plan to vote for Trump in November is less than the proportion who voted for him in the 2020 election. Meanwhile, experts told Newsweek Trump's views on abortion and his recent legal cases involving women will impact voter behavior on polling day.

In 2020, Trump's vote share among women in the 2020 election improved from 2016, rising from 39 percent to 44 percent while Biden won 55 percent of the vote, according to analysis from the Pew Research Center.

But according to a January Quinnipiac University poll of registered voters, 58 percent of women now back Biden while 36 percent back Trump. In December, the same polling company found the gap was 53 percent to 41 percent, showing Trump's support among women is declining. ...