There is a deep economic anxiety driving Republican voters toward the blunt-spoken presidential campaign of Donald J. Trump. It is more than just anger at the political class or rebellion against political correctness. It reflects decades of lost jobs and falling wages for a swath of blue-collar Americans, who saw their opportunities diminish and developed a sense that someone has stolen something from them. …
Recent polls suggest Trump is finding the broad majority of his support among voters who did not earn a college degree and those who see immigrants as detrimental to America — groups that overlap, but not completely. CONT.
Jim Tankersley, Scott Clement & Peyton Craighill, Washington Post