The Pew Research Center released a new study of the 2020 election this week. While it sought to explain what was “behind” Joe Biden’s win last yea
The Pew Research Center released a new study of the 2020 election this week.
While it sought to explain what was “behind” Joe Biden’s win last year, the report contained some tidbits about former President Donald Trump that are both noteworthy and unlikely to seep out into the mainstream media.
Here are a few examples about Trump’s 2020 performance relative to his 2016 election:
Education level: The supposed “anti-science,” hillbilly-appealing Trump improved his standing among voters of all education levels. His biggest gain was among those with a high school education or dropouts. But his second-largest jump in this category (three percentage points) was among those with advanced degrees.
Party: While the media loved to highlight anti-Trump or NeverTrump Republicans during Trump’s time in the White House, there were fewer of them in 2020 than in 2016. In his first election, Trump took 89 percent of the GOP vote; last year, he received 92 percent.
Age: The Republicans are supposed to be the party of old white men, according to the media, which is ironic considering that they marched in lockstep with the oldest white guy ever elected to the job. Nonetheless, Trump in 2020 improved his support among voters 18-29 by seven percentage points, and gained three percentage points with those 30-49.
Geography: Trump lost suburban voters last year, but he drew even more rural support in 2020 (65 percent compared to 59 percent in 2016), and picked up more backing from “urban” voters, 33 percent in 2020 relative to just 24 percent in 2016.
Hispanic voters: Trump got 28 percent of the Hispanic vote in 2016, and Republicans running for Congress in 2018 did worse, receiving the support of just 25 percent of Hispanics. Last year, Trump, the supposed racist and xenophobe, took 38 percent of the Latino vote, and did even better, 41 percent, among Hispanics without a college degree.
Women: In 2016, Trump got just 39 percent of the women’s vote, while running against the first female presidential candidate. Last year, Trump, the alleged sexist and misogynist, got 44 percent of women voters. Meanwhile, among white women specifically, Trump not only improved, he captured a majority relative to his first election (53 percent to 47 percent).
One final note about the GOP broadly in 2020 compared to four years earlier.
Among minority voters, the share of Asians among Republicans doubled while Trump was in office, and the ratio of blacks increased by 10 percent.
Clearly, Trump, while president, crafted a broader coalition than had existed four years prior along almost all demographic lines, despite the relentless media hype that he was racist, sexist, anti-intellectual and unfit for the job – none of which you’ll never hear from the mainstream media.
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