In the end, according to exit polls, the election result seems to have been more about the clear backing of America’s white and wealthy voters for Donald Trump – including white graduates, and white female voters. White men opted 63% for Trump and 31% for Clinton; white women voted 53% for Trump and 43% for Clinton. Compared with Obama four years ago, Clinton underperformed with black and Latino voters generally, winning 88% of the black vote overall, against Obama’s 93%, and 65% of the Latino vote, against Obama’s 71%. Trump, meanwhile, while winning just 8% of the black vote, collected 29% of the Latino vote – two percentage points more than his 2012 predecessor, Mitt Romney. But among the 64% of American voters who earn more than $50,000 a year, 49% chose Trump, and 47% Clinton.

Source: The Guardian November 09, 2016 13:07 UTC