But Trump blew through all of the remaining bonds that had connected the region's White working-class voters to the Democratic Party. (By contrast, voters of color may cast about two-fifths of the vote in many of the Sun Belt states.) (That again contrasts sharply with most of the Sun Belt states, where non-Whites and college-educated Whites combined compose most nonvoters.) All public polls across the Rust Belt states show that Trump remains strong among Whites without college degrees. Seniors and these blue-collar workers in Rust Belt states -- those are what the race is coming down to," the strategist said.

Source: CNN October 20, 2020 03:56 UTC