Election Demographics

I've been waiting to see a demographic breakdown of voting in the election just concluded. Here is a first look courtesy of AFP via Yahoo News.

Half of Americans who are considered middle class, making $100,000 a year or more, voted for the 70-year-old billionaire according to USA Today's exit polls.

Forty-three percent of people with college degrees backed the Republican

Trump's success was rooted in profound dissatisfaction with the status quo -- felt keenly in rural areas and smaller towns far from prosperous cities that voted overwhelmingly for Clinton.

White turnout was higher than expected and Trump won more of the traditional Republican vote than Mitt Romney, a Mormon, in 2012.

Latino turnout was at a record high. While two-thirds voted Clinton, Trump won 29 percent of the demographic compared to Romney's 27 percent

While a majority of African Americans voted Clinton, she won their vote by a smaller margin than did Obama over Romney in 2008 and 2012.

American women traditionally lean Democratic, and Clinton won the female vote 54 to 42 percent, about the same as Obama, according to Pew Research Center.

Romney won 44 percent of the women's vote in 2012 and fellow Republican nominee John McCain won 43 percent in 2008.

According to the Pew Research Center, eight in 10 white born-again, evangelical Christians say they voted for Trump compared to 16 percent for Clinton.

Young Americans threw less weight behind the Democratic candidate this time, disappointed in Obama's administration and unenthusiastic about his anointed successor.