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White Americans made up nearly 70 per cent of voters who showed up at the polls, with the Democratic Party obtaining 88 per cent of the black vote. 80 per cent of black men voted for Clinton, along with an overwhelming 94 per cent of black women. | White Americans made up nearly 70 per cent of voters who showed up at the polls, with the Democratic Party obtaining 88 per cent of the black vote. 80 per cent of black men voted for Clinton, along with an overwhelming 94 per cent of black women. | ||
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| + | Exit polls suggest 29% voted for the Republican, enough to have tipped the scales in favour of Donald Trump. | ||
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Revision as of 20:09, November 21, 2016
White-lash is a play of words on the term backlash, with CNN commentator Van Jones arguing it was racist white Americans that revolted against the Democratic Party and voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 U.S. presidential elections.
President-elect Trump‘s unexpected victory on 8 November 2016 was summed up as “whitelash” by the CNN commentator, who argued that racism played in the election’s outcome:
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“This was a white-lash. This was a white-lash against a changing country, it was a white-lash against a black president, in part, and that’s the part where the pain comes.”[1] |
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Edison research
The Edison Research exit poll indicated a swell of support for Trump among white voters. The exit poll of nearly 25,000 people found that Trump picked up 58 per cent of white voters versus Democrat Hillary Clinton‘s 37 per cent.
Broken down by gender and race, 63 per cent of white men voted for the Republican Party, versus 31 per cent for the Democratic Party, and 53 per cent of white women voted for Trump, versus 43 per cent for Clinton.
White Americans made up nearly 70 per cent of voters who showed up at the polls, with the Democratic Party obtaining 88 per cent of the black vote. 80 per cent of black men voted for Clinton, along with an overwhelming 94 per cent of black women.
Latinos for Trump
Exit polls suggest 29% voted for the Republican, enough to have tipped the scales in favour of Donald Trump.