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Awsi Dooger

(14,565 posts)
10. Whites without a college degree shifted more toward Trump
Sat Feb 9, 2019, 03:42 PM
Feb 2019

I have studied political math since 1992 and could not care less what terminology is used or whether the OP is ranting for 2+ years. The shift is very real and anyone who denies that is an outright fool. Working class is simply a shorter and kinder term than "without college degree," but that is the standard application.

Here, it was spelled out fully in a recent article from The Hill. Maybe the lingo is satisfying but most headline writers don't have room for that type of thing, which is the reason white working class term is used...and properly used.

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/425584-trump-loses-support-from-key-constituency-of-white-people-without-a

As indicated in the article, that block recently soured on Trump due to the government shutdown. But no doubt it is short lived.

Here is a PEW analysis of the 2016 vote. The highest percentage for Trump was 64-28 among whites without a college degree. That is 44% of the electorate, which makes it such a pivotal block.

http://www.people-press.org/2018/08/09/an-examination-of-the-2016-electorate-based-on-validated-voters/

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