Clinton won among voters that made $50,000 or less AND those said the ECONOMY was most important 7.3

[Madam45for2923]

https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=&w=1484

"Exit polls show Hillary Clinton winning a majority of the vote from people who told pollsters that the economy was the most important issue facing the country. What's more, in each state, a majority of voters said that was the case.

In fact, if we extend that out to every state for which we have exit polling, in 22 of those 27 states a majority of people said that the economy was the most important issue. And in 20 of those states, voters who said so preferred Hillary Clinton. In 17, in fact, a majority of those voters backed Clinton....

In nearly every state, Clinton did better (and Trump worse) with voters worried about the economy than with the overall pool of voters. (Notice how the blue slices in the smaller circles extend further than the blue slices in the larger ones.)

How can that be? How can she win a majority of the majority and still lose? Because she lost with other groups worse.

The exit poll questionnaire gave voters a choice between four options for the most important issue. Clinton was generally preferred by those who said foreign policy was the most important issue, too, but Trump was preferred by those who saw immigration or terrorism as most important. The key is the margins. On average, about 13 percent of people in the 27 states said foreign policy was most important and they preferred Clinton by an average of 30 points.

On average, voters who said the economy was most important preferred Clinton by 7.3.

But on terrorism, rated most important by a fifth of voters, on average, Trump led by an average of 21.8 points. On immigration (most important to an average of 12.2 percent of respondents)? A huge 42.1 percentage point lead for Trump."


https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/12/02/in-nearly-every-swing-state-voters-preferred-hillary-clinton-on-the-economy/?utm_term=.3428cb06d380

Who voted for Donald Trump? Mostly white men and women, voting data reveals


White men and white women. White men and women with degrees, and without. White men and women with more than $50,000.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-elections/who-voted-for-donald-trump-white-men-and-women-most-responsible-for-new-president-elect-voting-data-a7407996.html


White and wealthy voters gave victory to Donald Trump, exit polls show
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/09/white-voters-victory-donald-trump-exit-polls

[ginnyinWI]

1. this goes against other reporting

which says that it was the rural redneck vote. Hm.

[SunSeeker]

3. How? Rural folks tend to be white, no?

[ginnyinWI]

4. we were told that it was the white working class who voted for DT

This says that they were not working class, but middle class.

My brother is a recently retired working class guy, white, and not rural but in a near suburb of Milwaukee-- who voted for DT. He voted for Obama in '08. I think both times he was voting for a change and seemed disappointed in Obama for not somehow working a miracle in his own life personally. He does now have health insurance thanks to Obama care, but the premiums were raised and he was mad about that. He's still a few years short of getting Medicare.

He is not particularly racist, I don't think.

[SunSeeker]

5. Most people are working class. nt

[SunSeeker]

2. So its not "the economy stupid"; it's racism stupid.

[JHan]

6. So much for Trump's populist economic message..

Seems her economic message resonated better than his even though he got most of the network coverage.

[Madam45for2923]

7. KnR!