Kaiser Family Foundation/CNN Working-Class Whites Poll
Section 1: Conventional Wisdom
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- Exhibit 1.1: Working-Class Whites Are More Likely to Be Dissatisfied with Direction of Country than College-Educated Whites
- Exhibit 1.2: Majority of Working-Class Whites Feel the Federal Government Does Not Represent Their Views
- Exhibit 1.3: Majority of Non-College Whites Blame the Federal Government for the Economic Problems Facing the Working Class
- Exhibit 1.4: Two-Thirds of Working-Class Whites Feel Christian Values Under Attack; Almost Four in Ten See Increasing Diversity as Harmful
- Exhibit 1.5: Working-Class Whites More Likely to See Immigrants as Burden, More Likely to Support Deportation of Illegal Immigrants
- Exhibit 1.6: Working-Class Whites More Likely than Other Groups to Agree with Negative Stereotypes of Recent Muslim, Latin Immigrants
- Exhibit 1.7: Majority of Working-Class White Voters Say They Would Consider Voting for Donald Trump
- Exhibit 1.8: Two-Thirds of Working-Class White Voters Say They Would Definitely Not Vote for Hillary Clinton
- Exhibit 1.9: Large Majority of Working-Class Whites Are Happy About How Things Are Going in Their Own Lives; Few Say They Are Angry
- Exhibit 1.10: Nearly Two-Thirds of Working-Class Whites Are Satisfied with Their Personal Financial Situation
- Exhibit 1.11: Most Employed Working-Class Whites Feel Their Job Is Secure
- Exhibit 1.12: Employment Good News and Bad News
- Exhibit 1.13: Working-Class Whites See Jobs and Income Gap as Top Economic Issues for Next President to Address
- Exhibit 1.14: Working-Class Whites and College-Grad Whites Report Similar Rates of Experiences with Addiction
Section 2: Race versus Class
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- Exhibit 2.1: Half of Working-Class Whites Think Their Lives Would Be No Different with a College Degree
- Exhibit 2.2: Among Working Class, Whites Less Likely than Blacks and Hispanics to Be Unemployed or Underemployed
- Exhibit 2.3: Larger Share of Working-Class Whites Report Owning Their Home than Black and Hispanic Peers
- Exhibit 2.4: Working-Class Whites Less Likely to Express Optimism about Children’s Future than Black, Hispanic Peers
- Exhibit 2.5: Working-Class Whites More Likely Than Blacks, Hispanics to See Immigrants as a Burden on the Country
- Exhibit 2.6: Working-Class Whites More Likely than Black, Hispanic Peers to Say Trade Agreements Have Cost the U.S. Jobs
- Exhibit 2.7: Within Working Class, Party Identification Differs by Race
- Exhibit 2.8: Across Racial Lines, Majorities of Working-Class Adults Say Federal Government Does Not Do Enough for People like Them
- Exhibit 2.9: Majorities of Working Class Say It Has Become Harder for People like Them to Get Ahead Financially, Find Good Jobs
- Exhibit 2.10: Across Racial Lines, Many Working-Class Adults Report Taking Measures to Make Ends Meet
- Exhibit 2.11: Across Racial Lines, Vast Majorities of Working Class Say They Feel Happy, Optimistic About Their Own Lives
Section 3: Not a Monolith
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- Exhibit 3.1: Working-Class Whites’ Responses on Whether U.S.’s Best Days Are Ahead or Behind Vary By Party, Income, Region, Religion
- Exhibit 3.2: Working-Class Whites’ Attitudes About Direction of Country Vary By Attitudes Toward Immigration, Work Experiences
- Exhibit 3.3: Younger Working-Class Whites Less Likely to Be Pessimist about Their Children’s Future Standard of Living
- Exhibit 3.4: Working-Class Whites with Lower Incomes More Likely to Say Federal Government Is Not Doing Enough for People like Them
- Exhibit 3.5: Working-Class Whites who Receive Government Benefits More Likely to Say Government Should Do More for People like Them
- Exhibit 3.6: Rural Working-Class Whites More Likely than Urban Peers to Report Negative Views of Federal Government
- Exhibit 3.7: Working-Class Whites’ Views on Cultural Changes Vary By Religious Affiliation
- Exhibit 3.8: Younger Working-Class Whites Less Likely to See Increasing Diversity as Threatening American Culture
- Exhibit 3.9: Urban Working-Class Whites Less Likely to Believe Government Should Attempt to Deport All Illegal Immigrants
- Exhibit 3.10: Southern Working-Class Whites More Likely to Report Being Negatively Affected by Undocumented Immigrants Taking Jobs
- Exhibit 3.11: Working-Class Whites with Lower Incomes More Likely to Report Feeling Worried about Their Own Lives
- Exhibit 3.12: Southern Working-Class Whites More Likely to Report Not Having Health Insurance
- Exhibit 3.13: Among Working-Class White Voters, Support for Donald Trump Varies by Attitudes on Diversity and Immigration
Section 4: Politics and Partisanship
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- Exhibit 4.1: Working-Class Whites Less Likely than College Educated Whites to Identify as Democrats, More Likely to Be Conservative
- Exhibit 4.2: Among White Working Class, Republicans More Likely than Democrats to Be Dissatisfied, Pessimistic about Direction of Country
- Exhibit 4.3: Top Economic Concerns Vary by Party for Both Working-Class and College-Educated Whites
- Exhibit 4.4: Across Political Spectrum, White Working Class More Likely than White College Grads to See Immigrants as a Burden
- Exhibit 4.5: For Whites, Education Matters More than Party in Perception of Whether Government Does Enough for “People like You”
- Exhibit 4.6: Among White Democratic Voters, Working Class More Likely than College Grads to Say They’d Consider Voting for Trump
- Exhibit 4.7: Almost a Quarter of Working-Class White Democrats Say They Would Definitely Not Vote for Hillary Clinton
- Exhibit 4.8: Among White Democrats, Working Class More Likely than College Grads to Think Christian Values Are Under Attack
- Exhibit 4.9: Among White Democrats, Working Class More Likely than College Grads to Attribute Negative Qualities to Recent Immigrants
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