Republicans might have a married women problem too

Published April 12, 2016 5:42pm ET



If businessman Donald Trump is the Republican presidential nominee, the party can kiss all women voters goodbye. That includes married women, a demographic group Republicans usually win. But a new poll shows Trump’s main rival for the nomination wouldn’t fare much better among the coveted voting block.

The poll, from Bloomberg Politics/Purple Strategies, shows Republican front-runner Trump deeply underwater with married women. Seventy percent of married women who are likely voters hold an unfavorable view of Trump, while just 27 percent hold a favorable view of the candidate.

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