Many working-class whites break from Democrats to choose Trump

NM Politics ^ | September 26, 2016 | By Emily Mills, Jimmy Miller, Taylor Gilmore and Lian Bunny

[2ndDivisionVet]

Trump signs in her backyard. Trump magnets on her refrigerator. Trump buttons on her dining room table. Kathy Miller is the Mahoning County chairwoman for Donald Trump.

While handing out Trump signs in June at a Republican headquarters just south of Youngstown, Ohio, she was approached by a woman in her late 80s, who said, “I have never voted Republican in my life. Give me the biggest sign you’ve got.”

In economically struggling communities like Mahoning County — where most steel mills have closed — many white, working-class Democrats are voting for Trump, registration records and 2016 presidential primary results show.

“They’re just all fed up,” Miller said. “It may be the economy for some, it may be the school systems, it could be health care, it could be immigration, education, it could be anything. They’re just fed up with the direction of our country. Mr. Trump showed up at the right time.”(continued)

[Boardwalk]

Just yesterday I saw a bumper sticker on a truck that said Democrat Voting For Trump. I gave him the thumbs up.

[nopardons]

Where did you see that?

What great news ! :-)

[fortheDeclaration]

This is why the normal break between Democrat and Republican doesn't hold up.

This is an election that is breaking through Party identification.

[Alberta's Child]

The normal break between Democrats and Republicans doesn't hold up because there's no Republican in the race.

This is basically a race between: (1) a Democrat, and (2) an independent who happens to be on the Republican line on the ballot.

[petercooper]

Yes, an independent who is more conservative than anybody we’ve had on the ticket since Reagan.

[Covenantor]

[Boardwalk]

Massachusetts of all places!

[nopardons]

WOW...that’s amazing!