Laura Witts is a nurse, Catholic and Republican. That makes her a Trump supporter, she said.
“I mean, I’m Catholic, so I’m anti-abortion,” she said as she waited for Donald Trump to appear for a rally at a New Hampshire high school.
“But you have to separate religion and government, because if you don’t, innocent people will be persecuted. Things should be between the person and their doctor.”
So while Florida Governor Ron DeSantis recently signed into law the state bill banning most abortions after six weeks, she’s siding with Donald Trump for staying out of the Republican league to beat each other with tougher laws.
“They should just stay out of it,” she said.
She is not alone in her opinion among the crowd gathered at Windham High School or among Republican women in general.
Laura Witts, a nurse, said she supported Donald Trump for his strength, while criticizing Ron DeSantis, who she says chose an unnecessary fight with Disney and wanted to put too much government into healthcare
Three-state polls show Donald Trump has a much bigger lead over women in a head-to-head match with Ron DeSantis than men
Because while Trump’s issues with women are well known – ffrom a sexual assault conviction in New York court this year and a porn star hush money payment to his fight to attract suburban female voters in a general election – polls for DailyMail.com show MAGA women are behind its huge primary leader standing.
In the key nominee states of Iowa and New Hampshire, as well as on the Arizona general election battlefield, he has a double-digit advantage over DeSantis among women.
The extraordinary numbers show how MAGA women are actually riding its massive lead over Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
“Republican women are Trump’s army,” said James Johnson, co-founder of JL Partners.
In the wider country, Trump lags behind Biden in women — especially in the suburbs. But reach the Republican primary audience, and female voters are Trump’s most ardent supporters — supporting him more than men by as much as 30 points.”
In Iowa in April, a JL Partners poll found Trump led DeSantis by just four points among Republican men in a head-to-head game, but by 13 points among women.
At the same time in Arizona, Trump led DeSantis with 44 percent to 30 percent among men likely to vote in the Republican primary. But in women, he leads DeSantis by 51 percent to 18 percent.
And last month in New Hampshire, about 56 percent of men had a positive view of Trump, compared to 69 percent of women.
That translated into a nine-point lead for Trump in men, but a 26-point lead in women.
Trump has seen his lead over DeSantis slip in their head-to-head game, but still leads by 20 points – thanks in large part to the massive support he enjoys among Republican women
The battle for the Republican nomination was meant to be a race between Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis. But a poll for the Trump campaign suggests the former president is well ahead
“It’s not that women are more conservative than men, but they’re much more likely to say they prioritize a candidate who stands up to waking values over someone who can beat President Biden,” Johnson said.
Witts, 58, wasn’t so sure about DeSantis’ waking battles.
“I think he caused some trouble in Florida, especially with Disney,” she said. “I think it caused more problems than it helped.”
Meghan Milloy, co-founder of Republican Women for Progress, said Florida’s governor delivered a message that didn’t resonate with women.
“DeSantis was hot in the culture wars and has stayed hot while other Republicans kind of went overboard,” she said, “and I think women across the board are rejecting those policies and generally tired of attacks on companies because they are too ‘awake. ‘.’
The DeSantis campaign did not respond to questions about how it might address the gaping gender gap.
Trump spoke for 80 minutes to hundreds of supporters in New Hampshire on Tuesday, where his women’s lead stands at 26 points among women in a duel with DeSantis
Participants take the oath of allegiance before Trump made remarks at Windham High School. It was the former president’s fourth visit to the state during this election cycle
Trump took the opportunity to launch New Hampshire “Veterans for Trump.”
The Trump campaign said voters of all types wanted a return to prosperity and knew there was only one candidate who could deliver.
“President Trump is dominating poll after poll — both nationally and statewide — and voters of all backgrounds clearly support him in a big way,” said spokesman Steven Cheung.
Yet Trump’s difficulty winning over key suburban female voters has been an election issue.
In the 2020 election, while he received more than 50 percent of the male vote, he only won about 43 percent of the female vote.
Since then, his personal relationships with women have exploded in court.
Earlier this year, he was charged in New York with falsifying business records as part of a $130,000 payout to adult film star Stormy Daniels. (Trump denies the allegations.)
And on Monday, a federal judge dismissed Trump’s countersuit against a writer who won a sexual assault lawsuit against him. The judge ruled that the former president cannot claim that E. Jean Carroll defamed him by continuing to say that she was not only sexually assaulted, but also raped.
Earlier this Trump was charged by a New York court in connection with hush money paid to porn star Stormy Daniels. He denies any allegation
Trump himself said he shouldn’t do well with female voters.
“Remember they like to hang out, ‘Will Trump get the independents? Will Trump get the women?’ he said, in the pompous voice of a political commentator.
‘Do you know what the women want? The women want security. They want a limit, they want low taxes, low interest rates.’
His point was echoed by a woman named only Donna. She said no one in the audience cared about the criticism, lawsuits or charges against their hero.
“Not at all,” she said. ‘It does not matter.’
Instead, she said, as housewives and mothers, women tended to identify with a politician who had kept his promises.
“He’s doing what he said he’s going to do,” she added.
And Karoline Leavitt, who worked for Trump in the White House and is now a spokeswoman for MAGA Inc, a super-PAC aligned with the former president, said women wanted nothing but men.
“Women want the same things as men, but they are different in the sense that we have a maternal instinct, and we want what is best for our future generations for our children. And that is economic security, prosperity. And frankly, I think the polls are underestimating Donald Trump’s support among women