The Unexpected Breadth of Donald Trump's Appeal

theatlantic.com ^ | Conor Friedersdorf

[RoosterRedux]

Since the Granite State is so white, it didn't test the candidate's performance among minorities. But Trump proved an ability to best all his rivals among the following groups:

• Women. He got 33 percent of their vote. The runner up, John Kasich, got 16 percent.
• All ages. He won among 18-to-29-year-olds, 30-to-44-year-olds, 45-to-64-year-olds, and 65-and-over, his worst demographic, where he still won 31 percent of the vote.
• He did better in the city and the suburbs than in rural areas, but won all three locales.
• He won among voters with college degrees and among those with graduate degrees.
• He won voters who make under $30,000, voters who make $200,000 or more, and all income ranges in between.
• He won people who self-describe as "very conservative," those who are "somewhat conservative," and those who are "moderate."
• He won among evangelicals and non-evangelicals.
• He won among those who feel that they're getting ahead financially, those who think they're holding steady, and those who believe they're falling behind.
• He won among those who think that the next generation will have better lives and those who think they'll have worse lives. (He tied with John Kasich among those who feel that the next generation will have it roughly as good as this one.)
• In addition to winning among voters who think that immigration policy is the most important issue, he won among the respective groups of voters who named the economy, terrorism, and government spending as most important.
• He won among people who want to deport illegal immigrants and among those who believe that they should have a chance to apply for legal status.
• He won among Republicans and independents.
• He won among the married and unmarried.

[RoosterRedux]

Ping

[ronnie raygun]

Denial is not just a river in egypt

[Tupelo]

I like Trump and will vote for Trump.
But I still am worried about the train schedules.

[Fresh Wind]

Not to worry.

Another FReeper posted a story recently assuring us that Trump is the next Mussolini.

[miss marmelstein]

Reagan Democrats. We’ve seen this before.

[Mr Apple]

Trump 2016

[euram]

I thought he was supposed to be Hitler or the anti-Christ.

[Albion Wilde]

“You’re going to win so much, you’re going to get tired of winning.”

[toddausauras]

Rush as many know made a great point the other day. The GOP have been screaming that we have to “grow the tent”. Trump grows the tent and they’re still screaming.

[Guenevere]

And I love it!.....We haven’t had HOPE in a long long time.

I don’t mean Obama’s so called ‘hope’......I could see his train coming down the track from the git go.

I mean HOPE that enables me to TRUST.....just one more time, Lord willing!

This man has the capacity, I believe, to bring back jobs to our millions of unemployed citizens
To turn our military around, to give them respect and dignity ...... To empower them!!
.....after the wussification experiment of Obama
Our Vets will be given help, and appreciation
America will hold her head up again and be proud !

[FrankR]

Every damn day I read where Trump “supposed to be the next -—————” somebody.

Enough already!

Trump is just Trump.

[Louis Foxwell]

Trump is indeed just Trump, fed and nourished by pure Americanism. He is, at the very least, our home grown beast, for better or worse.

[Lurker]

This is going to be great.

L

[iontheball]

Denial is not just a river in egypt
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Unexpected they say. From the get go this has always been the sure guarantee with Trump that we win this time around. Bush and the Establishment continue to spout out their lame brained, dishonest last line of defense that Trump can't win in the general election. I heard it from Bush just the other day. On the other hand, for decades the ‘moderates’ have argued that Republicans need to expand their base. Like Trump says, these Republicans, including many who hide behind the veil of conservatism, are so dishonest you can not believe a word they say anymore. We have been scammed by the likes of these shysters for decades. Remember, the organized gangsters - Republicans and Democrats - are only in it for money, power, and control over we the people. They do not give a damn about our country. And, unfortunately, the candidates who succumb to take the money from these big donors and the party apparatchik have signed a pact with the Devil that they be good little boys and girls and perpetuate this charade.

[Fresh Wind]

I thought he was supposed to be Hitler or the anti-Christ.

Or, according to another FReeper, the next Stalin. LOL!

[Lisbon1940]

Broad not deep.

[silverleaf]

Sounds like the only demographics he lost were members of the Bush family tree and former Romney and McCain staffers and donors

HRC’s pantsuit Ladies of a certain age who wear sensible shoes and live with cats

And Red Bernie’s proletariat legion of course

[silverleaf]

Dont worry Tupelo, those “ arbeit macht frei” Trump campaign posters are safely stored away until the general election

Sarc

[RetSignman]

[Broad not deep.]

I guess, you had your head in the clouds when Trump entered the race and missed the political seismic shift or you would have felt how deep it is.