Posted on November 9, 2016
White People Elected Donald Trump
Emma Fidel, VICE, November 9, 2016
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That’s according to the results of Edison Research’s national election poll, which was collected from a sample of 24,537 respondents at 350 polling places.
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Based on this data, across the board, white people of nearly all ages, genders, and education levels chose Trump. The only exception: college-educated white women.
Whites vs. nonwhite voters
- Whites made up 70 percent of voters
- 58 percent of all whites voted for Trump
- 21 percent of nonwhites voted for Trump
White men
- White men made up 34 percent of voters
- 63 percent of them voted Trump
- 31 percent voted Clinton
White women
- White women made up 37 percent of voters
- 53 percent of them voted Trump
- 43 percent voted Clinton
Young whites (ages 18-29)
- Young white people made up 12 percent of voters
- 48 percent of them voted Trump
- 43 percent voted Clinton
- In comparison, 9 percent of young blacks and 24 percent of young Latinos voted for Trump.
College-educated whites
- White college graduates made up 37 percent of voters
- 49 percent of them voted for Trump, while 45 percent voted for Clinton.
- 54 percent of college-educated white men voted Trump.
- 45 percent of college-educated white women chose Trump, while 51 percent chose Clinton. This is the only white demographic tracked by the exit poll that Trump didn’t win.
Non-college-educated whites
- Whites without a college degree made up 34 percent of voters
- 67 percent of them voted for Trump
- Of the women in this group, 62 percent voted for Trump
- And men voted 72 percent for Trump
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