And yet, the only information we have right now to make sense of Trump’s victory is yet more polling data – this time from exit polls. The gap in Trump support between white voters and non-white voters is so large that even if exit polls were inaccurate, that difference probably still stands. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Exit polling data from election night. Exit polls suggest that, as expected, more women voted for Clinton while more men voted for Donald Trump. Two facts are simultaneously possible – that the poorest voters chose Clinton and that the poorest white voters chose Trump.

Source: The Guardian November 09, 2016 17:48 UTC