Ask Virginia voter Mary Hayes why Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump, and she does not hesitate.“Women won this election!” says Hayes, 56, a mother of three and Biden supporter from Leesburg, Virginia.
In particular, she credits two categories of voters that she herself is part of: Black women and suburban women. Trump had begged the latter group — some of whom he’d alienated by referring to them as “housewives" — to “please, please” like him.
But that plea rang hollow, she says.“We showed America that suburban women are diverse, and are a beautiful collection of ethnicity, race, marital status, occupations and many other categories," Hayes says.