Pollster Says Trump Is Winning Working Class Voters

CNN senior data reporter Harry Enten on Monday noted how strongly former President Donald Trump is performing with “working class voters.”

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18 declined to endorse a 2024 presidential candidate just hours after releasing internal polling data indicating that nearly 60% of the workers it represents strongly favor Trump over Vice President Kamala Harris. Enten, on “CNN News Central,” said Trump is making significant gains with multiple groups of what he referred to as “working class voters.”

Sometimes there are data points that just jump off off the screen, should set off sirens. Alright, this is union households, this is Democratic margin in presidential election. It ain’t what it used to be. You know, you go back to 1992, Bill Clinton won that union vote by 30 points, Hillary Clinton only won it by 12 points back in 2016,” Enten told host Sara Sidner. “That was the lowest mark for a Democrat since 1984, Mondale versus Reagan.

“But look at where Kamala Harris is today. She’s only leading by nine points,” he continued. “That would be the worst Democratic performance in a generation, 10 points off the mark of Joe Biden, who of course won four years ago, was sort of that union guy, union Joe, right? Won it by 19 points.”

Enten then discussed workers “who use their hands,” which he clarified is a different demographic from union workers.

“Look at this margin. This to me, oh boy, does this tell you about the state of our politics now versus back in the early 1990’s. Margin among vocational and trade school grads in pre-election polling. Bill Clinton was leading that vote over George H.W. Bush by seven points. Look at where Donald Trump is today over Kamala Harris, a 31 point advantage,” he said.

“When I think people think of the working class, they think of people who use their hands.”