(Nicki Kohl/Telegraph Herald via AP)During the 2016 presidential campaign, many observers wondered exactly what motivated voters most: Was it income? Trump was said to be unusually appealing to low-income voters, especially in the Midwest, compared with recent Republican presidential nominees. To most directly test the Donald Trump income hypothesis, I’ve restricted this analysis to white voters. As we can see, Trump’s voters appear a little less authoritarian than recent white Republican voters. Finally, the statistical tool of regression can tease apart which had more influence on the 2016 vote: authoritarianism or symbolic racism, after controlling for education, race, ideology, and age.

Source: Washington Post April 17, 2017 09:56 UTC