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Odin2005

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3. That point about people in manufacturing favoring Clinton is interesting.

Reply to Ilsa (Reply #2)

Mon Aug 22, 2016, 08:24 AM

Aug 2016

I have personally observed that older (read Boomer) factory workers are VERY pro-Clinton (both Hillary and Bill), especially if they are unionized. My dad is one of those people.

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Trump's base is NOT poor whites. [View all] Odin2005 Aug 2016 OP

That makes sense, but I think that at least part of his base is comprised of cali Aug 2016 #1

We've been driving through parts of the woodsprite Aug 2016 #4

Salon article on broad data: Ilsa Aug 2016 #2

That point about people in manufacturing favoring Clinton is interesting. Odin2005 Aug 2016 #3

Thanks, Ilsa. Here's a link to the full article. hedda_foil Aug 2016 #5

Thank you. I forgot to copy that from the other reply. nt Ilsa Aug 2016 #8

Also where I live I see trump signs in republican suburbs . Have people forgotten who the republican Person 2713 Aug 2016 #6

Also from the above Salon article regarding race... Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #7

its white people undergoing racial panic at not being guaranteed a privileged spot geek tragedy Aug 2016 #9