Clinton sees opportunity in swing state doubts on Trump

Yet the 52-year-old from the suburbs of Columbus, Ohio, is struggling with the idea of voting for her party’s presumptive presidential nominee.

Emery’s negative impression was shared by most of the dozens of white, suburban women interviewed by the Associated Press this spring in politically important states.

While white voters continue to abandon the Democratic Party, small gains with white women could help put likely nominee Clinton over the top if the November election is close.

Democrats believe these women could open up opportunities for Clinton in North Carolina, where President Obama lost the state narrowly in 2012, and in Georgia, a Republican stronghold that Democrats hope to make competitive.

Throughout the primary, Clinton has talked about policies important to many women: equal pay, expanded child care, paid family and medical leave, and more.

A super political action committee backing Clinton also released its first television advertisements last week featuring controversial statements Trump has made about women.