Trump lost, but he won millions of new voters. Where did they come from?

In November, President Trump lost the election, but he found millions of new voters. Where did these new Trump voters come from? There is no simple answer, but we pored over the results and found some intriguing patterns.

Trump increased his vote totals in every state. He saw his biggest increases, relative to his tally in 2016, in the west and intermountain west, in heavily Mormon states like Idaho and Utah, as well as California and Hawaii. Trump’s smallest gains in percentage terms were in Maryland, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Massachusetts. CONTINUED

David Byler, Washington Post


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