A crucial demographic is leaning more toward Republicans in the midterm elections. 

White suburban women voters have shifted their support to Republicans running for Congress by 15 percentage points, according to a new Wall Street Journal poll. The move demonstrates a 27-point move away from Democrats since the Journal’s poll from August. The group of white suburban women consists of 20% of the electorate.

In the recent months since the Supreme Court ruled to effectively overturn Roe v. Wade and return the decisions on abortion laws back to the states, Democrats have repeatedly pushed for abortion rights to be their rallying cry in the midterm elections, hoping to motivate women voters. However, it appears that the economy is taking center stage when it comes to the concerns of white women living in suburban areas. 

The poll revealed that 54% of white suburban women believe the country is already in a recession, and 74% believe the economy is going in the wrong direction, even though the Biden administration has repeatedly said the United States is not in a recession even though the economy fit the rule-of-thumb definition.