Who did rich people really vote for?
8th July 2017
A new data source became available in April, at the U.C. Berkeley SDA archive, and that’s the American National Election Studies (ANES) 2016. This provides a cornucopia of information not available in the exit polls.
I ran this report selecting only non-Hispanic white voters.
In this dataset, among this demographic, Trump beat Clinton by 52.5% to 40.2%
However, the breakdown by income clearly shows that those with the top incomes swung decisively for Clinton. Trump’s support came from whites with income below than $110,000/year. Note that study asks for “family income.”
Income below $110,000: Trump beats Clinton 55.7% to 36.7%
Income $110,000 and above: Clinton beats Trump 50.3% to 43.3%
Democrats, party of the rich.