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Trump's supporters were on average better off than Hillary's supporters.
by lhopki01 10y ago
Trump's supporters were on average better off than Hillary's supporters.
- Retric 10y agoComparing economics between states and even locations vs. how they voted I don't think that's accurate. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpson%27s_paradox https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simpson%27s_paradox makes this stuff harder to calculate than you might think. Look at VA income: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_locations_by_per_capita_income https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_locations_by_per_capi... vs. http://www.politico.com/2016-election/results/map/president/virginia/ http://www.politico.com/2016-election/results/map/president/... Poor areas are vastly more likely to vote republican. Arlington county median income $101,000: 77.0% Clinton vs 16.9% trump. Lee County $50,014 income: 17.4% Clinton vs. 80.6% trump Trump was very popular with the rural uneducated and thus poor. PS: DC get's a bad rap, but once again top 5 income compared to state and was only beaten by other heavily democratic states. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_income https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_income 4% of DC voted for Trump.
- lhopki01 10y agoWait you chose a few locations that happened to be richer that voted for Clinton and used that as proof? Look here: http://edition.cnn.com/election/results/exit-polls http://edition.cnn.com/election/results/exit-polls All four different exit polls clearly show Trump winning in all the higher income brackets.