Poll Finds 27-Point Swing in White Suburban Women to Republican Party Ahead of Midterms

Voters wait to cast their midterm election ballots at Burton Barr Library, a polling station in Phoenix, Ariz., on Nov. 6, 2018. Nicole Neri/Reuters

White suburban women have significantly shifted their support to Republicans from Democrats in just the past few weeks, a new poll reveals.

The survey, conducted by The Wall Street Journal, found (pdf) that white suburban women are now favoring Republicans for Congress by 15 percentage points, a 27-point move away from Democrats since the last WSJ poll in August.