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The Wall Street Journal reports that the most recent polling shows that white suburban women once known as “soccer moms” have shifted their support from Democrats to the GOP.

 Just days before the mid-term elections the key voter group is significantly moving to the right since the previous poll in August. They now favor Republicans in Congressional races by 15 percentage points. This represents a 27 percentage points move away from the Democrats.

Republican election prospects are rising thanks primarily to increasing concerns over the economy and inflation. 

The WSJ indicated it surveyed “1,500 registered voters by phone and text between Oct. 22-26 for the poll.”

Due to the survey size, there is a “margin of error of +/- 5.7 percentage points or 8 percentage points on some of the policy questions."

 Swing voters are white suburban women 

In 2018, the women of suburbia helped sweep Democrats to victory where they gained over 40 seats and took control of the House. The voter bloc had given the majority to Republicans in 2010.

In 2022, Democrats were initially optimistic that abortion would be the top priority for the group. In May, the Supreme Court put the first restrictions on abortions since the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. And in June the white suburban women group was fired up about abortion rights because each state now decides questions of abortion rights.

There were more negative views toward the economy, crime, and the state of the country. And more voters are unhappy with President Biden’s leadership than in the August polling.

According to the WSJ survey, 54% of the group believes the U.S. is in a recession. And 74% think the economy is headed in the wrong direction.

Democratic pollster Molly Murphy confirmed that "It's absolutely true that these women have shifted their gaze more on the economy than abortion.

These specific women voters “think we're in a recession. A majority are feeling the financial strain in this economy," she added.