Poll Shows Trump Sliding Among White Working-Class Voters
Source: WSJ
The latest Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll found signs that President Donald Trump’s support is eroding in important segments of his base: white Americans without a four-year college education and self-described white working-class voters.
Mr. Trump won the non-degree group by more than 30 percentage points in the 2016 election, making it a core source of support. In the new poll, his job approval dropped 7 points in that group, falling to 51% in October from 58% in September. Among self-described white working-class respondents, Mr. Trump’s approval rating fell 12 points, to 41% from 53%.
Overall, Mr. Trump’s job approval dropped 5 points to 38% in the poll, which was conducted Oct. 23-26.
Those drops occurred during a period when Mr. Trump’s job-approval numbers among other groups—such as middle- and upper-income voters and college graduates—were essentially unchanged between September and October.
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That part of Trump's base also has a low opinion of his tax plan.
And when asked if they had a positive view of Trump:
A drop from 50% to 39% in one month among working class whites.
A drop from 54% to 48% among whites without a four-year college education.
And in both groups, there's been an increase in the number of voters who said they'd prefer a Democratic-controlled Congress. Up from 33% to 47% in the first group, and from 33% to 39% in the second group.
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