I got it wrong. Really wrong. Trump didn’t just win, he crushed it. This is truly the most shocking thing that I have seen in my lifetime.
So, what happened? We are going to be digging through the data for a while. But, at its core the Obama coalition lost and the “missing white voter” won. While Clinton did a bit better with college white voters than Obama, Trump won white voters without a college degree by an equally significant margin. That is what ultimately helped Trump break through the Rust Belt states like Wisconsin, Iowa and Pennsylvania. CONT.
Amy Walter, Cook Political Report