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US Elections 2016: The breakdown of votes for Trump vs Clinton

Who voted for Donald Trump?


53% of men – 41% backed Clinton
42% of women – 54% voted for Clinton
• 58% of white voters supported Trump – 37% backed Clinton
• 8% of black voters backed Trump – 88% voted for Clinton
• 29% of Hispanics backed Trump – 65% supported Clinton
Source: Edison Research for ABC News, AP, CBS News, CNN, Fox News, NBC News
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Donald Trump has beaten Hillary Clinton in the race to be president of the United States.
Much of the narrative ahead of the election had been that Mr Trump was supported by angry, white men. To get an insight into which groups actually voted for him, you can look at the exit poll conducted across the country by Edison Research for the National Election Pool, a consortium of ABC News, The Associated Press, CBS News, CNN, Fox News and NBC News.
It is very difficult to get a genuinely representative sample of how more than 120 million people have voted. It is a big survey – of almost 25,000 voters – and they are the best figures available, but they should be used with caution.
It throws up some odd results, such as that 10% of people who support the idea of a wall along the Mexican border nonetheless voted for Mrs Clinton, while 5% of people who thought the next president should continue the policies of Barack Obama voted for Mr Trump.
Bear in mind that the proportions are unlikely to add up to 100%, because not everybody answered all the questions and there were other candidates standing in the election, who received about 5% of the votes.

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