Women In Philadelphia Suburbs Emerge As Key Voter Bloc In Swing State Of Pennsylvania

Here’s a radio piece by Ciku Theuri that I adapted into digital copy.

At first glance, it's hard to tell how Bucks County, Pennsylvania, leans politically.

Along winding roads lined with beautiful fall foliage, there’s a diversity of political signs. Doylestown, the seat of Bucks County, was the last stop of a pro-Trump parade that clashed with Biden supporters demonstrating in a women's march a few weeks ago.

Christopher Borick, director of the Muhlenberg College Institute of Public Opinion, says Bucks County has deep Republican roots, but it's overwhelmingly white, more educated and wealthy, which is why it's become more politically competitive. Borick says suburban women are capable of moving the needle.
“We've seen suburban Philadelphia become increasingly Democratic after a century-plus of being Republican,” Borick says.

While Trump has made recent attempts to reach women in Bucks County, recent polls show Biden with a lead among this voting bloc.

For Shannon Lelly, a Republican mom of four and the owner of a Planet Smoothie location in Doylestown, this will be her second time voting for Trump. She plans to do so in person on Election Day, and while she admits that Trump's behavior and rhetoric haven't always been exemplary, she says he's better than the alternative.

Read the rest on WBUR.org.