In a recent lesson my students and I talked about how voting behaviour works in the US, and as with anything a lot of our statements about voting behaviour can lean towards being generalisations. That said, we know that:
- African American voters overwhelmingly support Democrat candidates. In 2020, Joe Biden won 92% of African Americans.
- Trump won white voters by 55% to 43%.
- Within the white voter base there is quite a split. College educated whites supported Biden by a margin of 56-42, whilst voters with a high school or lower education level favoured Trump by a margin of 56-41.
- Hispanic voters favoured Biden by 59-38, though we know that there is variance within this. Cuban voters tend to be considerably more likely to vote Republican than other Hispanic voters.
- women voted strongly for Biden, by a margin of 55-44, whilst men favoured Trump by 50-48.
- age was also a strong indicator of voting behaviour. Younger voters (18-29s) favoured Biden by 59-35, whilst voters over 65 favoured Trump by 52-48. In both these cases there was an improvement for the trailing candidate on 2016, with Trump gaining amongst younger voters, and Biden gaining amongst over 65s compared with Clinton.
You can find more information from Pew Research below:
https://www.pewresearch.org/politics/2021/06/30/behind-bidens-2020-victory/
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