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In California, Suburban White Women Are Turning Away From Trump
At a recent rally in Pennsylvania, President Trump appealed directly to the voting bloc he knows he needs.
“Suburban women, will you please like me?" he pleaded as the crowd cheered. "I saved your damn neighborhood!"
Trump was referring to his efforts to dismantle an Obama-era federal rule meant to combat housing segregation. Trump said he's helping to preserve "once thriving" suburbs and help homeowners, both of which are thinly-veiled ways to play up racial and economic divisions.
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But Bonnie Keller, a 64-year-old white woman who lives in a suburban area in Fresno, said she's not swayed by Trump's argument. Keller said she’s Christian and leans Republican, but Trump’s crude demeanor turns her off. She didn’t vote for him in 2016 and won’t vote for him now.
Read more: https://www.kqed.org/news/11842657/trump-reaching-out-to-suburban-women