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The White Women Who Regret Voting for Trump
The White Women Who Regret Voting for Trump
Supporters applaud Trump during a 2016 rally in Miami, Florida. The latest Pew Research Center poll of registered voters shows Trump leading Harris 50 to 45 percent nationally among white women. (Mandel Ngan via Getty Images)
The cohort backed the billionaire over Hillary Clinton, giving him the edge in 2016. Now some are having buyer’s remorse: ‘I need to make amends.’
By Rupa Subramanya
10.15.24 — U.S. Politics
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The White Women Who Regret Voting for Trump

After years of struggling with depression and anxiety, Stephania Messina, 39, a pediatric respiratory therapist from Clinton Township in Detroit’s northern suburbs, found God. 

That led her to Donald Trump. 

She and her husband, Dan, joined a local evangelical church. Messina was a registered independent who had canvassed for Barack Obama in college. In t…

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Rupa Subramanya
Rupa Subramanya is a writer based in Ottawa, Canada. She began her writing career at The Wall Street Journal India with a weekly column focusing on the intersection of economics, politics, and public policy. Her work has been cited in The New York Times, Financial Times, and The Guardian among others. She is a former columnist for the National Post.
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