The Suburban Problem That Could Cost Trump the Election

Michael Tucker has moved on from Donald Trump. The 44-year-old marketing consultant and longtime Republican who lives in a suburb of Charlotte, North Carolina, voted for Trump twice and donated money to his 2016 and 2020 campaigns.

But Tucker supported Nikki Haley in the state's Republican primary in March and is planning to vote for President Joe Biden in November. He certainly won't be cutting Trump any more checks. A campaign contribution to Trump now would likely wind up going toward his mounting legal bills, Tucker told Newsweek, and that "just reeks of corruption."

"I can't go back," Tucker said of voting for the former president or contributing to his third run for president. "He kind of lost me."

Trump's fundraising in wealthy suburbs across North Carolina and other key battleground states is down 25 percent so far this election cycle compared to 2016, according to an analysis of campaign finance data conducted by Newsweek and the data-driven newswire Stacker.