In A Polarized Election, 'Guardian Women' Could Be Key Swing Voters

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They're usually white, over 50 years old, married, don't have a college degree, and would be considered suburban 'soccer moms.' And they could help decide this year's presidential election.

People vote in Detroit during the March 10 Michigan primary. A new survey has identified a group of persuadable voters dubbed"guardian women" who could decide which party wins key states like Michigan and the election.People vote in Detroit during the March 10 Michigan primary. A new survey has identified a group of persuadable voters dubbed"guardian women" who could decide which party wins key states like Michigan and the election.

Leader compares these women to the"soccer moms" and"security moms" observed in past campaign years."There have always been groups of women who are really split down the middle in terms of their political affiliation," Leader said. "Guardian women" are identified as a group of mostly white, married, suburban women over 50. Data comes from a survey of 1,000 registered Democratic, Republican and independent voters. Conducted May 8-9, 2020 with a credibility interval of +/- 3 percentage pointsWhile Biden may have a slight edge with this group for now, a significant portion said they were undecided.

To Susan J. Carroll, a political scientist at the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University, there's a through line for all of these groups of swing women voters. As they go back and forth in their political affiliation, these women are all looking for the same thing — security — for their families and their communities.

"Guardian women" are identified as a group of mostly white, married, suburban women over 50. Data comes from a survey of 1,000 registered Democratic, Republican and independent voters. Conducted May 8-9, 2020 with a credibility interval of +/- 3 percentage pointsAll In Together/Emerson College poll Like other women and seniors who've stopped supporting Trump, Dailey points to the president's behavior during the pandemic and in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd, who was killed by police in Minneapolis.

 

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Bullshit. This post is racist.

I am she. I’m an indy voter. Spend a great deal of ⏰ considering votes. Vote in every election be it local & national. Don’t need a party 2 tell me how 2 vote. My vote is my voice & I will speak. Repubs have collectively sold their soul 2 the Devil.

A racist America elected Obama to the highest office of the land . TWICE. Now we in the Progressive media will destroy all the people who made that possible. Stupid DemocratsAreDestroyingAmerica

Guardian women are immoral racists, thsts what NPR has taught me. I am informed. FakeNews

So basically Karens

So the ones most in touch with their kids, the community, the schools?

Why do we all have to be lumped into groups with assumptions made about us?

Please stop doing this ish. Report on systematic voter suppression instead.

Come on fellow soccer moms!! Let’s save democracy! ❤️

Guardian Women? Really? These are the republican pearl clutching Karens, afraid of everything, overprotective (no climbing trees-you could be hurt!) now avid Fox News watcher moms, that ONCE IN A BLUE MOON vote non-republican. Nothing heroic here to see. Do better NPR!

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

It’s not about gender or education. After 3.5 years of shit show, anyone with brains will vote out bunkerbabytrump, exception being fake family values people and oligarchs who benefit from tax cuts. november2020

White? Check. Married? Check. Mom? Check. Over 50? Check. Suburban? Check. Income over $50k? Check. I’ll even throw in: Midwestern? Check. Vote for Trump or GOP? NO FLIPPIN’ WAY.

Weird because most of the women I knew in the 'soccer mom' category had college degree's and didn't vote for the orange turd. I think it's better to worry about the majority of men that failed us and still are. But then the media tends to treat women like that as invisible.

Oh boi. 😒

That’s a racist assed statement right there!!! DEFUND NPR

What time of day do these women vote, because I want orange slices with my ballot.

People are people. Stop trying to divide us. FakeNews

suptmoran The “don’t have a college degree” is worrisome.

And Phyllis Schlafly’s coveted and powerful Eagle Forum mailing list is still floating about.

If you’re still “undecided” I have less respect for you than a Trump voter. At least the MAGA aren’t ashamed to let you know how horrible they are.

Ladies, keep in mind that we share a common oppressor with the people protesting in the streets. White supremacists and male chauvinists usually go hand in hand.

Fuck voting. This partisan shit needs to stop. The government is a failed system. We need real change not flip flopping back and forth between two parties and expecting things to change. Government has to go. Society would be way more productive and peaceful without it.

and you just scared them all into voting for Trump. good job, NPR.

They have some college though. Usually didn’t finish because they got married, started having kids, planned to go back but didn’t. So they become real estate agents. There are so many of them in my town!

And no matter one's race, job, or education, no woman wants to see a Male president tell a woman to shush up!

I'm over 50, white, not a collage educated woman who has voted Democrat since I was 18. I can still read, write, and comprehend.

They will love defunding the police.

A college degree does not confer intelligence. It simply means you came from a family who could afford college. Or you worked like a slave while you went to college . So what. 🙄

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