It's the women, stupid
by digby
That headline could apply to a whole lot of news stories but in this case, it's about the Democratic Party:
With almost 2-1 backing from women, Democrats take a 51 - 39 percent lead in hypothetical races for the U.S. House of Representatives this year, according to a Quinnipiac University National Poll released today.
Women back Democratic candidates 57 - 32 percent, the independent Quinnipiac (KWIN-uh-pe-ack) University National Poll finds. Men are divided with 46 percent going Republican and 44 percent for Democrats. White voters are divided with 46 percent for Democrats and 45 percent for Republicans. Black voters go Democratic 78 - 16 percent and Hispanic voters back Democrats 66 - 23 percent.
The key block of independent voters backs Democratic candidates 50 - 33 percent.
American voters disapprove 66 - 27 percent of the job Republicans in Congress are doing and disapprove of Democrats in Congress 63 - 30 percent.
Mid-terms are referendums on the president. And women loathe and despise Donald Trump.
Here's another poll:
I don't know how many of those disapproving rural voters are women but I'd guess most of them are women too.
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