DOYLESTOWN, Pa. — This is one of the most closely watched areas in U.S.
politics. President Joe Biden ran up his numbers in Bucks County, which includes both cities, on the way to flipping Pennsylvania from Republican Donald Trump four years ago, and won among suburban women in the state by a substantial margin. Biden and his allies are trying to replicate Democrats' success with suburban women this year and signaling they can win a small number of Republican women who may be opposed to a second Trump presidency.
But in dozens of interviews this month in Pennsylvania's Bucks County, there was little evidence that traditional Republicans were ready to abandon Trump, the presumptive GOP nominee, in significant numbers. "I feel like I have to vote for the policies, not the person," said Lynn Natale, a 62-year-old interior designer. While Natale criticized Trump's rhetorical style - "It's like he doesn't have the words to speak directly to women" - she said she supported Trump's ideas on the economy and immigration.
"The alternative is unacceptable," she said. About a dozen volunteers gathered in Biden's Bucks County campaign office on a recent sunny Saturday afternoon. The group fanned out across politically mixed neighborhoods around Doylestown, knocking on doors of registered Republican voters as well as those unaffiliated with either major party to ask them about issues that concerned them most.
In addition to the Biden campaign's outreach in politically mixed and Republica.