VideoDonald J. Trump won the presidency by riding an enormous wave of support among white working-class voters. The truth was that Democrats were far more dependent on white working-class voters than many believed. In the end, the bastions of industrial-era Democratic strength among white working-class voters fell to Mr. Trump. Most obvious was Iowa, where Mr. Obama won easily in 2012 but Mr. Trump prevailed easily. Mr. Trump won Maine’s Second Congressional District by 12 points; Mr. Obama had won it by eight points.

Source: New York Times November 09, 2016 08:27 UTC