Trump won with lowest minority vote |
The voting pattern shows the schisms that have fuelled incidents of racial and political confrontation. The Republican was elected with 8 per cent of the black vote, 28 per cent of the Hispanic vote and 27 per cent of the Asian-American vote. Thus, Donald Trump won the U.S. presidency with less support from black and Hispanic voters than any president in at least 40 years, according to the Reuters/Ipsos Election Day poll. Among black voters, his showing was comparable to the 9 per cent captured by George W. Bush in 2000 and Ronald Reagan in 1984. But Bush and Reagan both did far better with Hispanic voters, capturing 35 per cent and 34 per cent, respectively. And Trump’s performance among Asian-Americans was the worst of any winning presidential candidate since tracking of that demographic began in 1992.The racial polarisation behindTrump’s victory has led to tensions that have surfaced repeatedly since the election, in white supremacist victory celebrations, in anti-Trump protests and civil rights rallies, and in hundreds of racist, xenophobic and anti-Semitic hate crimes.
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