Draft:Trump coalition


The Trump coalition was a broad spectrum of voters that Trump united under his banner of Make America Great Again. This coalition helped him win 2016 and 2024, and held mostly intact in the 2020 loss[1]. Coming from the 2016 election, it helped Trump ride to victory by flipping several Midwestern states with large white working class populations, trading off white college educated suburbs such as Chester County. This trend was continued in 2020, allowing Joe Biden to rebuild the Blue wall and flip Georgia and Arizona out. Conversely, Trump had been able to make inroads with minorities, causing states such as Florida and California with large Hispanic populations to buck the national trend and shift right[2]. In his 3rd GOP run, Trump had been able to continue these trends, as well as making a heavy play for young men[3]. Coupling these trends between young men, minorities and Catholics, allowed Trump to win in a landslide[4].

Trump vote share by demographic subgroup
Demographic

subgroup

2016[5] 2020[6] 2024[7] 2016-24

Swing

Total vote 46 47 TBD TBD
Ideology
Liberals 10 10 7 -3
Moderates 40 34 40 -
Conservatives 81 85 90 9
Party
Democrats 8 5 4 -4
Republicans 88 94 94 6
Independents 46 41 46 -
Gender
Men 52 53 55 3
Women 41 42 45 4
Marital status
Married 52 53 56 4
Unmarried 37 40 42 5
Race
White 57 58 57 -
Black 8 12 13 7
Asian 27 34 39 12
Other 36 41 52 16
Hispanic 28 32 46 18
Religion
Protestant 56 60 63 7
Catholic 50 47 58 8
Jewish 23 22 22 -1
Other 29 29 34 5
None 25 31 26 1
White evangelical or born-again Christian?
White evangelical or born-again Christian 80 76 82 2
Everyone else 34 36 40 6
Age
18–24 years old 34 31 42 8
25–29 years old 38 43 45 7
30–39 years old 39 46 46 7
40–49 years old 49 44 50 1
50–64 years old 52 52 56 4
65 and older 52 52 49 -3
Age by race
Whites 18–29 years old 47 53 49 2
Whites 30–44 years old 54 57 61 7
Whites 45–64 years old 62 61 55 -7
Whites 65 and older 58 57 55 -3
Blacks 18–29 years old 9 10 15 6
Blacks 30–44 years old 9 19 15 6
Blacks 45–64 years old 7 10 15 8
Blacks 65 and older 9 7 5 -4
Latinos 18–29 years old 26 28 47 21
Latinos 30–44 years old 28 34 45 17
Latinos 45–64 years old 32 30 49 17
Latinos 65 and older 25 40 41 16
Others 31 38 46 15
Sexual orientation
LGBT 14 27 13 -1
Heterosexual 47 48 53 6
Education
High school graduate or less 51 54 63 12
Some college education 51 47 51 -
College graduate 44 47 45 1
Postgraduate education 37 37 38 1
Union households
Union 42 40 45 3
Non-union 48 49 50 2
Region
Northeast 40 40 46 6
Midwest 49 51 53 4
South 52 53 55 3
West 39 41 43 4
Trump flipped States/Districts
2016[8] 2020[9] 2024
Ohio Trump + 8.1 Trump + 8.0 Trump + 11.5
Iowa Trump + 9.4 Trump + 8.2 Trump + 13.2
Florida Trump + 1.2 Trump + 3.4 Trump + 13.1
Wisconsin Trump + 0.8 Biden + 0.6 Trump + 1.0
Michigan Trump + 0.2 Biden + 2.8 Trump + 1.4
Pennsylvania Trump + 0.7 Biden + 1.2 Trump + 2.0
Nevada Clinton + 2.4 Biden + 2.4 TBD
Maine 2nd Trump + 10.3 Trump + 7.4 Trump + 9.0
  1. ^ "How Trump built a new coalition to send him back to the White House". PBS News. 2024-11-06. Retrieved 2024-11-08.
  2. ^ "US election 2020: Why Trump gained support among minorities". 2020-11-22. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
  3. ^ "Trump's Appeal to Young Men, in Three Charts". Bloomberg.com. 2024-11-07. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
  4. ^ "Donald Trump Can Thank Catholics for His Big Win – EWTN Global Catholic Television Network". 2024-11-08. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
  5. ^ "2016 CNN Exit Poll". CNN. November 23rd, 2016. Retrieved November 8th, 2024. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |access-date= and |date= (help)
  6. ^ "National Results 2020 President exit polls". www.cnn.com. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
  7. ^ "Exit poll results 2024 | CNN Politics". CNN. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
  8. ^ "2016 Presidential Election Results". The New York Times. 2017-08-09. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-11-09.
  9. ^ "2020 State Results". Politico. 11/8/20. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)