The data from the exit polls from the United States elections provide some keys to Donald Trump’s victory and outline the profile of the voters of the Democratic and Republican Parties: for example, Trump has achieved his best result among men of a Republican candidate in 20 years and the Latino population has become the group where Democrats lose the most.
The gender gap is the first obvious distinction between the two candidates. 54% of women voted for Kamala Harris compared to 44% who voted for Donald Trump, a result that is the opposite for men: 54% voted for Trump and 44% for Harris.
Trump achieves his best percentage of the vote among men for a Republican candidate in 20 years and, at the same time, increases the support received among women by two points compared to the previous elections.
Another of the successes that the election night left for Trump is his rise among Latino men, with an increase of 18 points compared to the previous ones. It is the group where Democrats lose the most.
The choice of the Republican candidate is majority among white women (52%) and white men (59%) and Latinos (54%), but not among blacks, who opted 78% for Kamala Harris. The former US vice president receives the support of black and Latina women, according to exit poll data.
The poorest population continues to vote Democratic, but 2024 is the worst result for training among the lower classes (households with incomes below $30,000 annually) in two decades. Houses with incomes between $30,000 and $50,000, as well as between $50,000 and $100,000, opted for Trump.
What happens among higher-income voters? In households between $100,000 and $200,000, the Democratic Party won with 53% of the votes (in 2020, however, Trump won) and the same occurs with incomes of more than $200,000, which opted 52% for Harris.
The results reflect a large gap by educational level. People with a lower educational level, particularly white people, overwhelmingly supported Trump (54%, four points more than in 2020). On the other hand, 57% of voters with a college degree voted for Harris—only 41% did so for Trump—a figure two points higher than four years ago, surpassing its best result among voters with higher education. .
Trump has gained followers among young people, but he is still not their favorite despite the Democratic defeat. The Republican Party has gone from garnering 34% of the votes among those under 24 years of age to 41%, but behind Kamala Harris’ 56% (although this represents, in turn, almost ten points less than Joe Biden in 2020 ).
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