There are of course complications, especially in these days of UKIP (which seems to be our own version of the Trump phenomenon).ĥ) The point in 3) has to be tempered somewhat, there’s the counter-stereotype of pickup-driving rednecks vs coastal college professors and things like this (if we tune down the stereotypeiness a bit) are an important nuance… in particular, one that explains a lot of the shading on the red-state-blue-state map. Notice I say “tend to” this is a simplification, and if I omitted the “tend to” it would be an oversimplification.Ĥ) This is hardly surprising to a Brit like me the stereotype of rich Tory voters and working-class Labour voters is well known and if you include the magic “tends to” then it’s even true. 1) Compared with other Republican candidates Trump gets a lot of working class support.Ģ) I think that Trump’s working class support is more-or-less limited to the white working class – Bernie and Clinton have a more diverse pool of working class support to draw on.ģ) People make much of red states being poorer than blue states, but when you look at individual voters, you find that rich people tend to vote Republican and less rich people tend to vote Democrat (and poor people tend not to vote).
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