Remember: Trump supporters are richer and better educated than the US as a whole

[Recursion]

Don't let that slip from your mind as we confront this. Trump's support is not from the poor, but from the upper half of the middle class.

[oberliner]

1. That's definitely not true

Were you being facetious?

[Recursion]

2. It's been consistently true in both the primaries and the general

This is not poor whites rising up; this is moderately rich whites rising up.

[Hoyt]

3. Mostly racist white wingers much like those in South Africa who defended apartheid.

[doc03]

4. That is not what I have been hearing, just the oposite nt

[Recursion]

5. Read the actual polls

It may surprise you. I agree the media narratives have had this exactly backwards.

[doc03]

15. Lets see some links never heard anything like that nt

[handmade34]

17. see my response #6

[grubbs]

6. It's because his support is mostly white people.

[oberliner]

7. No it wasn't

Kasich consistently did better than Trump with higher income voters in the primaries.

[Recursion]

14. OK, true re: Kasich

I was talking about people who polled better than O'Malley.

[Rex]

20. Agree

there is not any evidence to support the OP, it is just pure speculation that is wrong.

[Recursion]

21. OK, find a poll that contradicts it

Because none of them have yet: his supporters are middle class and upper middle class whites.

[Rex]

22. No links?

Until you show some proof, it is just unfounded speculation. And you know this.

[Recursion]

29. Other than the ones already posted?

http://qz.com/679589/trump-voters-earn-more-and-are-better-educated-than-the-typical-american/

For instance

Is Google really that hard for DU? Do your own research. Start there.

[Rex]

30. I knew you were just speculating, so you have nothing but an opinion piece. I knew it.

http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/trump-overwhelmingly-leads-rivals-in-support-from-less-educated-americans/

Yawn.

[geek tragedy]

8. Trump is losing college-educated whites.

He's doing incredibly well with uneducated whites.

[Recursion]

13. That's a different question

A Trump supporter is more likely to have college degree than a non Trump supporter.

[onecaliberal]

9. Better educated? Not an chance

[TheBlackAdder]

34. Right on! They're only educated in ways to fuck over people for self-affecting purposes.

.


Put a bunch of them in a room and watch Karl Marx's observation come true.

Sooner or later one will be at the top, everybody else will become a former bourgeoisie proletariat.


They will eventually turn on each other like a bunch of starving hyenas.


.

[SCantiGOP]

10. That doesn't fit with what I've heard

Not being confrontational, but can you offer some evidence. The only demographic I know of that Trump is winning is older white people (mostly men) with High School or less education. Last poll I saw had him even losing college educated white men.

[Recursion]

12. That's a different question

A Trump supporter is more likely to have a college degree than a non-Trump supporter.

That can be (and in fact is) still true even if he is losing college educated voters.

[handmade34]

16. what I observe...

my work has me traveling extensively throughout neighborhoods... the past 2 months I have worked in Ohio, New Mexico, Texas, Mississippi and I am currently in Brevard County, FL... there are A LOT of Trump yard sign and bumper stickers (relative to other candidates) out there!!

...some trump signs are in poorer areas but for the most part, I see the signs in middle and upper middle neighborhoods!!



I posted this earlier today; I was working in a solid middle income neighborhood...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10028064652

[triron]

28. Not any I've seen here

I live in Albuquerque (NM) and have not seen a single Trump sign nor a Trump bumper sticker anywhere

[MichiganVote]

18. Not quite. Seems to be all over the map.

Who Are Donald Trump's Supporters, Really?
Four theories to explain the front-runner’s rise to the top of the polls.

http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/03/who-are-donald-trumps-supporters-really/471714/

5 myths about Trump supporters
What Trump’s critics have been getting wrong about his coalition — and why it is costing them big at the polls.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/03/5-myths-about-trump-supporters-220158#ixzz4G2VbaA5j
Follow us: @politico on Twitter | Politico on Facebook

Trump voters earn more and are better educated than the typical American
http://qz.com/679589/trump-voters-earn-more-and-are-better-educated-than-the-typical-american/

[oberliner]

23. That third article apparently is the one that inspired the OP

But, according to the information presented therein, every candidate's voters earn more than the typical American.

People who vote tend to have higher incomes than people who don't, the article asserts.

[MichiganVote]

26. Seems related to be sure. And yes, for a very long time, the demographic of voters

seems to show:

http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/how-demographics-will-shape-the-2016-election/

[unblock]

19. at this point, it's very largely a question of party loyalty

with a few exceptions, including an unusual number of prominent politicians, republicans usually fall in line behind their nominee no matter what. this is true to a large extent even if they rather opposed that candidate during the primaries. this cycle is very unusual, especially for republicans, in that they're not entirely in lock-step at this point.

but for many of the rank-and-file, whether or not they care for or worry about trump as a person or candidate, he's their only choice as a republican now, and he gets their support for that reason along.

if their biggest issue is taxes, they'll see a republican as the key to lower taxes, as they've been brainwashed into thinking that that's the outcome (never mind thinking that's a good thing).

if their biggest issue is abortion, they'll figure a republican will be tougher on that issue

if their biggest issue is the supreme court or immigration or whatever, they'll side with the republican.

all this has little to do with anything trump has actually said on the matter. they'll look at hillary and see the (d) after her name; they'll look at trump and see the (r). they'll vote accordingly.


sadly, there are a lot of republicans out there who, even if they hate how bigoted trump is and even if they're scared of what he might do, they just can't bring themselves to vote for a democrat who might raise their taxes or whatever.

[Dawson Leery]

24. No.

[oberliner]

25. Every candidate's supporters are richer and better educated than the US as a whole

Voters in general are richer and better educated than non-voters.

Poor white voters will vote for Trump over Clinton by an substantial margin.

College educated voters will vote for Clinton over Trump.

[Rex]

27. Yep, one trait Trump voters share is that they do not have a college degree.

Don't know about the wealth issue (I have my doubts), but they are not college educated voters. By and large.

[ghostsinthemachine]

31. True in my world

I being a 60 year old guy, hang out with a lot of guys my age, all successful, some Liberal and others not so much.

n my morning coffee group, The Trump supporter is a chiropractor, watches FOX exclusively for news, has no other news source. Invests and does well in stocks and real estate. It is like he is stuck at 1974. Even has an old school answering machine, a marantz stereo etc.

Then my bar group. all well to do with jobs that pay 200k to 250k a year. Their company sells computer systems to the government. All are vets (though ALL served in peacetime, and most are graduates of the Air Force Academy. They will vote T rump simply because they vote for an R. All gun freaks, god freaks and anti abortion. All couples the same. Little news. I did Ukraine with them the other day, and tied that to Syria and not one of them, of about ten, knew even the first thing about it.
Then there Jack, who is a lunatic. He is getting wackier by the second. "Atheists are running the country" he said the other day. Works for Aerojet. Good job, college educated, and the dumbest fucker I've ever met.

[Motley13]

33. ck this

https://www.quora.com/Is-there-a-profile-of-the-average-Trump-supporter

[Lil Missy]

35. no. not true. He has the poorly educated and old white men.

[Zen Democrat]

36. Wrong. His supporters are the following White Supremacists and the Poorly Educated.

Remember, Trump loves "the poorly educated."