Unmarried women comprised 23 percent of the national electorate and played a decisive role in the 2018 wave. Like other women, many unmarried women decided early to oppose what was happening in the country, but some decided in the Fall and as late as the final week to vote and to vote out the Republicans, especially in the Rust Belt where Democrats made such big gains. We know this story because of the web-panel that Democracy Corps conducted for WVWVAF thatinterviewed the same respondents four times in the 12 states with competitive statewide races.
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