The battle of the suburbs

[sg0508]

The GOP lost the burbs starting in the early 90s.  The last time the burbs went seriously for the GOP was in '88 and that was why the GOP used to do well in states like: NJ, CT, DE, IL, PA, NH, MI, WA, OR and even CA. 

You see why the party can't compete in any of these any longer? There's why.  White, suburban voters care about:

1) Taxes
2) The budget
3) Crime
4) Jobs
5) Education

When the GOP started making fringe/social issues the cornerstone of the party platform, it was over.  This year, in Long Island for example (that used to be solidly republican), Mitt Romney doesn't appear to be impressing anyone and while NY of course will go blue, McCain will have outperformed Romney in Nov.

Elsewhere, I don't get the sense that the suburbanites are that impressed by Mitt and that he reflects the middle class vote.