Suburban women will decide the upcoming presidential election. When President Obama ran for reelection in 2012, a key to his victory was the advantage he held among women in suburban counties. Even though Obama gained only 42 percent of the vote from white women as a whole, his support from mostly white suburban women helped him win critical states like Colorado, Ohio and Virginia.
How will suburban women vote in 2016? I've talked to thousands of women across the country over the past year, most of them from the suburban demographic that Obama carried. I believe that their votes are genuinely up for grabs. They're not overwhelmingly committed to any candidate or party. But they're committed to specific issues, and they're waiting to see what candidate speaks to the issues that they care about most.
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