Advertisement Continue reading the main storyThe potential for Mr. Trump to break through among white working-class voters isn’t merely theoretical. There are more white working-class voters than is generally believed, and Mr. Obama was stronger among these voters than typically assumed. Mr. Trump on Tuesday laid out a radically different economic message than Republicans have advanced, and it holds considerable appeal to white working-class Democrats. A recent Marquette University poll showed Mr. Trump winning by seven points among white working-class voters in Wisconsin. There are places like this — traditionally Democratic, white working-class areas where Mr. Obama still showed important strength — across the Northern United States.

Source: New York Times June 29, 2016 09:00 UTC