Why More White Voters Aren’t Supporting President Trump In 2020

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Why More White Voters Aren’t Supporting President Trump In 2020

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Polls show that Joe Biden has strong support among white voters with a college degree, especially white women, young voters, and those who live in cities and suburbs.

That support adds up to record support with white voters for a Democratic presidential candidate. Nearly half of white voters, overall, support Joe Biden.

NPR’s Sam Gringlas spoke with a few of them in battleground states. And NPR’s Domenico Montanaro explains why this shift fits a longer pattern of the Republican party losing college-educated whites.

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