In 1980, exit polling shows that 88 percent of voters in the presidential election were white. That was the year that Ronald Reagan turned the heads of working class white voters, carving out a chunk of the electorate dubbed "Reagan Democrats." Try, for example, the 1980 electorate with the 2016 polling. (Notice that the 2016 polling and electorate shows Hillary Clinton up 10 while the poll itself shows her up only 8; that's a function of the more diverse electorate estimated by Pew.) Trump's challenge is clear: He needs to do better, not worse with white voters in order to win.

Source: Washington Post September 04, 2016 13:41 UTC