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

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.
“We’re talking about a collapse, if you will, in that group on the perceptions of the economy,” GOP pollster Tony Fabrizio told the WSJ. Fabrizio carried out the paper’s poll along with Democratic pollster John Anzalone.
The survey found that 54 percent of white suburban women believe the United States is in a recession, while 74 percent believe the economy is headed in the wrong direction. In the previous WSJ poll, 43 percent of that demographic thought the economy entered a recession, and 59 percent believed the economy was headed in the wrong direction….}