White and wealthy voters gave victory to Donald Trump, exit polls show

[sheshe2]

In the end, according to exit polls, the election result seems to have been more about the clear backing of America’s white and wealthy voters for Donald Trump – including white graduates, and white female voters.

Far from being purely a revolt by poorer whites left behind by globalisation, who did indeed turn out in greater numbers for the Republican candidate than in 2012, Trump’s victory also relied on the support of the middle-class, the better-educated and the well-off.



Of the one in three Americans who earn less than $50,000 a year, a majority voted for Clinton. A majority of those who earn more backed Trump.

More https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/09/white-voters-victory-donald-trump-exit-polls

That is a fact.

[pnwmom]

1. Yes. Lower income and blue collar workers went for Hillary. n/t

[sheshe2]

3. I know.....

yet you would not know it here.

[Cha]

2. Thanks, she

[sheshe2]

6. I thought it was just the poor ones concerned for their jobs.

That is what I keep hearing.

[Cha]

13. A certain meme is being pushed for a

certain agenda.. that once again has nothing to do with reality.

[sheshe2]

14. Yup.

[LexVegas]

4. I am shocked. nt

[sheshe2]

7. Yes me too.

I keep hearing a different story.

Hmmmm~

[bettyellen]

5. And have we seen the media run to their gated communities

To get interviews with these people and their matching trucks and fancy hat and gun collections?
Not once. .

[sheshe2]

8. Nada

[thesquanderer]

9. I'm not sure the headline is correct.

It could only be correct if it were the white and wealthy voters who gave him the victory in the states he won (the rust belt states, for example). It doesn't matter if he got more white and wealthy voters than Hillary did in NY, because Hillary still won NY, so those votes did not give Trump his victory. Since our election does not turn on the popular vote, the headline is wrong unless they are talking about specific states Trump won.

[sheshe2]

11. Then link to the correction.

Thank you.

[thesquanderer]

12. The point is that the text of the article does not support the headline.

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It is the author's job to provide an article that actually justifies the headline (unless s/he works for a clickbait site).

Saying that Trump got more white/wealthy voters (which is what the article says) does not mean that's the reason he won (which is what the headline says), because in our electoral college system, the location of those voters is paramount. If getting more votes nationwide counted for anything, Hillary would be president.

[lunasun]

10. That's what I saw around here and it makes sense considering the usual republican base

[CanonRay]

15. Same voting block that made Hitler the Chancellor

Just saying.

[ecstatic]

16. It sounds like a different way of stating that whites overwhelmingly​ supported Trump

Rich whites, poor whites, white men, white women, educated whites, poorly educated whites... yada yada. End of story.

I'm not sure if stories like this are helpful at this point. We're already pretty divided. Thanks, guardian.

[sheshe2]

18. Rich...

overwhelmingly.

Some scenarios claim it is poor poor pitiful white. Rust belt....incorrect. Rich whites were overwhelming.

Not sure why you have such an issue with this on a Democratic board.

[ecstatic]

20. My comment was moreso directed to the guardian

Unfortunately, the election was business as usual. Most whites voted for the repub. 50k isn't wealthy, and that stat wasn't broken down by race. The only thing shocking is that more repubs didn't jump ship with Donald Trump as the nominee.

The fact that most whites voted for an incompetent clown can lead to feelings of resentment or worse, which is what prompted my sarcastic "thanks, guardian." What now?

[William769]

17. I would love to see the polling of poor white trash.

[sheshe2]

19. Since I am white I would love that as well.

I want to know who hates women so. I want to know who hates POC so. I want to know who hate LGBTQ so. Muslim, Jew?

I will never coddle anyone that hates us so, they are not misguided they hate us....full stop.

[melman]

21. lol

After the non-stop Wall Street lovefest of the last week now rich people are bad again.