In swing-state suburbs, white women are skeptical of Trump

Yet Emery, a 52-year-old from the suburbs of Columbus, Ohio, can't commit to voting for her party's presumptive presidential nominee.

While white voters continue to abandon the Democratic Party, small gains with white women could help put likely nominee Clinton over the top if the November election is close.

Democrats believe these women could open up opportunities for Clinton in North Carolina, where President Barack Obama lost the state narrowly in 2012, and in Georgia, a Republican stronghold that Democrats hope to make competitive.

Throughout the primary, Clinton has talked about policies important to many women: equal pay, expanded child care, paid family and medical leave, and more.

A super political action committee backing Clinton also released its first television advertisements this week featuring controversial statements Trump has made about women.

Trump's best opening is that Clinton, who is on the cusp of clinching her party's nomination, also would enter a general election campaign with the majority of Americans taking a dim view of her candidacy.

Obama twice carried women overall, but white women have been shifting toward Republicans in recent presidential elections.