Some key races were swung by moderate women and traditional Democratic minority groups and by middle-income suburban voters who had been behavioral Republicans.

He denounced the idea that the party's biggest challenge was to win back middle-income voters as a "myth".

A temporary lump-sum exemption may win some short-term good will among middle-income voters, who are less likely to lose their jobs to part-time workers.

We talked about about the fact that the payroll tax deduction plan is aimed at lower and middle-income voters.

Some liberals have long been calling for an emphasis on "race neutral" economic policies to recover support among working-class and middle-income white voters.

According to Mr. Gould, this tax threat was seen by many middle-income voters in prosperous southern England as a cap on their earning aspirations.

Baggage to Unload In this struggle for the middle-income voter, each party has some baggage to unload.

Values were an important part of the Republicans' appeal to middle-income voters, many strategists say.

But he also ran strongly among middle-income voters, and in Illinois received about half of both white Protestant and white Catholic votes.

These are the higher- or middle-income voters who won't stay home in New Jersey and Connecticut.