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andym

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13. It's the number of Obama voters that voted Trump that are of concern
Sun Dec 4, 2016, 05:28 PM
Dec 2016

not necessarily just white males. But your post lacks evidence, here is some for you regarding Obama voters who voted Trump.

These former Obama strongholds sealed the election for Trump
By Kevin Uhrmacher, Kevin Schaul and Dan Keating
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/2016-election/obama-trump-counties/

"Across swing states — and others previously thought to be safe for Democrats — Trump colored dozens of counties red that hadn’t gone Republican in decades.
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Of the nearly 700 counties that twice sent Obama to the White House, a stunning one-third flipped to support Trump.
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Trump also won 194 of the 207 counties that voted for Obama either in 2008 or 2012.
By contrast, of those 2,200 counties that never supported Obama, Clinton was only able to win six. That’s just 0.3 percent crossover to the Democratic side."

Trump counties where:
Obama won twice -- dark orange
Obama won once -- light orange
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