Battleground of the Battlegrounds: Jobs in the Swing State Suburbs

Suburban areas in the swing states are shaping up to cast the deciding votes in the 2020 presidential election. These six states are vastly different in demography – but are united in faring better under President Obama than President Trump in terms of job creation in the suburbs.

Even before the pandemic, President Obama’s second-term job creation dwarfs Trump’s first term. The following memos dig into the numbers, investigating job performance in the battleground of battlegrounds: the swing state suburbs.