Hilary Clinton repeated her outreach to suburban Virginia voters Friday with an op-ed touting affordable child care and paid family leave.
“For parents who need to work, this is more than an inconvenience. It’s a crisis,” Clinton wrote in reference to the fact that for some people monthly child care costs more than housing.
She added, “It’s not supposed to be easy, but it shouldn’t be this hard.”
As the likely Democratic nominee prepares for battle against Donald Trump in November, her campaign is attempting to win over as many female voters as possible. Trump polls poorly among women, including married women with children. From the beginning of her campaign, Clinton called for universal pre-kindergarten, affordable childcare and paid family leave.
Over the past few weeks, the Clinton campaign held numerous intimate roundtable discussions with the candidate and suburban others to discuss family issues. One such event took place at a pre-school in Loudoun County, Va., just outside of Washington, D.C., in the beginning of May.
Clinton noted that childcare costs is particularly a problem in Washington D.C. and the surrounding areas, as the city has the priciest childcare market in America. On the campaign trail Clinton has proposed a policy that caps childcare costs at 10 percent of a family’s income. She also plans to expand paid family leave.
According to a recent general election match-up poll, Clinton would beat Trump in November 47-41.
