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We should be careful about reading too much into this election. There are many well off republicans. Based on the statistics I've seen, Trump had _fewer_ low i
by emcq 10y ago
We should be careful about reading too much into this election. There are many well off republicans.
Based on the statistics I've seen, Trump had _fewer_ low income voters than Hillary. In addition Trump has similar percentages of male and white votes to GW Bush Senior [0].
While the disenfranchised poor Trump voter paints a pretty narrative, it leaves out a large volume of voters who turned out that dont fit that mold.
[0] https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/11/08/us/politics/election-exit-polls.html?_r=0 https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/11/08/us/politics/e...
- jonathankoren 10y agoThis. When people say "working class voter" or "working poor voter", the inevitably implicity define it as a white voter. When you examine an ethnic breakdown of these voters, it becomes evident that this isn't an economic group but rather a racial-economic group. Poor blacks didn't vote for Trump any more than they did for Romney[0] [0] http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/11/09/behind-trumps-victory-divisions-by-race-gender-education/ http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/11/09/behind-trump...
- asveikau 10y agoI think even that is more complicated than a lot of people are saying. There used to be a solid bloc of white working class northerners who were solid democrats in places like Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Trump was able to flip those states. I personally wonder how long that will hold before they flip back, or if it will be more permanent.