1 week Ago
As we enter the home stretch of the 2024 presidential election, there's some campaign advice I would like to offer former President Trump as a supporter who hopes he wins. Trump is leading in the polls among every surveyed group when it comes to the economy and securing our southern border, and Trump is effective at making the case for why when he's interacting with his base. But with less than 60 days to election day, it's time for Trump to target the kinds of people he does worst with and speak to them directly.
That would be suburban women and college-educated young professionals. The mainstream media has so successfully bifurcated our society that populations less sympathetic to Trump who consume media that's hostile to him are completely unaware of what he actually stands for. Trump's plan for his next presidency is well developed, yet there are huge swaths of the country who have been successfully fed a lie—that Trump's real agenda is not his well-publicized Agenda 47 but the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025, which Trump has repeatedly disavowed.
This may not be fair, but it's still Trump's job to dispel the myths. The Trump campaign should set up all women town halls in battleground states and counties. Along with Trump, the town halls should feature female victims of the Biden/Harris regime: parents of children killed by illegal immigrants, Angel Mothers in Texas, Gold Star mothers of the 13 service members killed at Abbey Gate, and survivors and relatives of the victims of violent crime.
In the company of women who enthusiastically back him , Trump should face women voters and take their questions, clarifying his points and action plan on why he has the best agenda to fix the catastrophic disasters impacting all Americans but especially women. Trump also has extremely effective female surrogates to help him make the case. is an extraordinary asset to the Trump campaign, a highly regarded, empathetic and trustworthy figure.
She would be an excellent choice to moderate the town hall sessions. But the focus should be on taking as many questions as possible. Women voters have a right to know how Trump plans to address their concerns, both about himself and about the issues.
I believe he can do this—and I hope he shares my confidence. I would also advise Trump to speak directly to young professional voters. Much of the conversation about struggling Americans rightly focuses on the working class, with whom Trump is polling significantly ahead of Harris thanks to their trust in his handling of the economy.
But young professionals are voting for our survival right now, too. The economy is the biggest issues facing Americans, and the American Dream is slipping away from my generation and future generations to come. Young Americans are saddled with the burden of student loan debt and a growing affordability crisis that hurts our ability to generate wealth.
Coming out of college, it's getting increasingly hard for young Americans to afford rent in any of our major cities. Trump's plan for the economy directly addresses the affordability crisis, and he should be out there making his case not just to his base but to skeptical young people and women desperate to hear how he can improve their lives. In deflecting from their culpability in tanking the economy and destroying the southern border, the will continue to change the topic to women's rights and abortion.
For conservatives, this might ring as satire coming from the same group that sees nothing wrong with the degradation of women's sports and private spaces. But Trump must also explain to how he is the candidate who will protect women. That's what he needs to focus on in these final 60 days.
At the end of the day, the real battleground for hearts and minds right now is among suburban women and young professionals, same as it ended up being during the 2020 midterm election. Trump's job right now is to speak directly to every American in the way they would understand him most. It's time for President Trump to meet these skeptical voters where they are at and make the case for giving him a second presidency.
I think he's up to the task. I hope he does, too..
