Posted on 10/08/2018 10:54:57 AM PDT by centurion316
House Republicans struggling to preserve their majority are facing a wave of Democratic money and enthusiasm in suburban districts across the country, as well-educated and moderate voters consider new checks on President Trump.
An analysis of the types of districts in play shows that two-thirds of the Republican-held seats that a top election handicapper sees as vulnerable are in suburban areas.
That has Republicans on defense in an area where Trump has bled support, even in the 2016 election he won.
The Cook Political Report lists 64 Republican-held seats as either pure toss-ups, or leaning slightly toward Democrats or Republicans.
Of those districts, 42 are classified as suburban by the researchers David Montgomery and Richard Florida at CityLab.
“The suburbs are the battleground,” said Courtney Alexander, a spokeswoman for the Congressional Leadership Fund, the super PAC backing House Republicans.
“A lot of our advertising is focused in these districts, and we’ve been there in a lot of these districts for a year talking about the issues.”
Voters in suburban districts tend to be both wealthier and better educated than voters in either rural districts or in urban cores.
They are less moored to one political party or the other than either rural or urban residents, making them the last bucket of undecided voters who are capable of swinging an election.
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Take your loser attitude somewhere else.
Not so much Peer pressure as faked polls.
You are quite right about that, no one needs to worry about them. But, that won't feed the bulldog. We need to get all the fair weather Republicans to show up and vote as well. And don't forget the Independents, we need lots of their votes as well. Do you not understand that?
Glad to see you back engaged in Free Republic. You have made about 20 posts this year, three of them to me today. Before 2018 your posting show multiple year gaps. Welcome back. Don’t worry about silly things, I’m sure that you are a little rusty. See you later.
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If those suburban voters want to keep their cushy jobs and picket fence homes and keep gangs out of their neighborhoods, they’ll vote Trump. Pretty simple.
That is so true. The rich libs have no desire to see the middle class move up and into their enclaves. They also avoid diversity like the plague, and force it on lower and middle class neighborhoods and schools.
I understand that the GOP voters are coming out in Nov, and it is the Democrats who are going to have problems with their Black and Hispanic voters.
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