The guy in the Oval Office is not going to change. Donald Trump has a long history of siding with men over women, the latest example being Rob Porter, the White House advisor who resigned after it was learned that he allegedly abused two ex-wives. Trump offered praise for Porter. “He did a very good job,” he said while making no mention of the women.
We often wonder if Trump’s unscripted moments are coldly calculated or just cold. Whatever, when it comes to women, it’s taking a toll on the polls. The latest Washington Post survey shows:
“…approval from white women has fallen since the president’s first 100 days. While most white women voted for Trump in 2016, his approval rating has fallen 10 points since then, and strong disapproval of the president by this group rose 12 points, from 39 percent to 51 percent.”
And that was before Trump became a Porter supporter. Don’t forget his backing of mall stalker Roy Moore, or the alleged affair and payoff to the porn star Stormy Daniels, not to mention the #metoo, Women’s March I and II, etc., etc. A lot has changed since the “grab em” tape in 2016.
The Atlantic together with Gallup did some deep polling in the battleground states and found:
- “…college-educated women remain the engine of white resistance to Trump. In only four of the 13 states (more on them below) did Trump’s approval among college-educated white women exceed an anemic 34 percent.
- “…his 2017 approval among blue-collar white women in the Rustbelt represented some of his largest declines anywhere—18 percentage points in Ohio and 19 in Wisconsin and Minnesota. That erosion, which intensified during Trump’s effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act, creates the opening for Democrats to contest blue-collar and non-urban House seats this fall through the Midwest and Northeast.”
More than 4 in 10 women and more than half of white women voted for Trump in 2016. He can’t win without them in 2020. The question is whether he will drag down the GOP in 2018?
