Donald Trump’s presidential campaign is on life support after a barrage of damaging personal revelations last week sparked an unprecedented stampede of defections from Republican leaders. But, ironically, if that sequence of events proves the fatal blow to Trump’s tumultuous candidacy, it may help the ideas and animosities powering his […] Read more »
The shell-shocked white working class
The problems bothering white Americans without a college degree have less to do with immediate economic insecurity or material hardship, although those are widespread, than with the collapse of a whole way of life. … The rise and fall of stability in working-class life explains much that otherwise seems puzzling […] Read more »
2016: Last call for working class whites?
The biggest story of the 2016 election is undoubtedly the rise of Donald Trump, and behind the Republican nominee is a group in its last throes as the biggest force in politics: The white working class. A new survey from CNN and the Kaiser Family Foundation delves deeply into this […] Read more »
The anatomy of a white, working-class Trump voter
White, Working Class and Worried is a CNN partnership with the Kaiser Family Foundation — an extensive survey of white, working-class Americans and voters, who form a backbone of the support for Donald Trump. CONT. Joyce Tseng & Jennifer Agiesta, CNN Read more »
Trump’s Main November Foe Isn’t Clinton, It’s Demographic Change
To win the White House, Donald Trump may need to turn back the clock and make the American electorate look more like it did in 2004 than in 2012. … So, why are so many polls close right now? One reason: Some pollsters foresee working-class whites making up a larger […] Read more »
Are they blue?
One of the major themes of election reporting in this campaign has involved “blue-collar” or “working class” support for Donald Trump. But few surveys ask people about their occupations today, so usually journalists treat class as equivalent to education. … Of course, education is associated with occupation, but how strong […] Read more »