Trump Wins More Latin Votes And Blacks But Loses White Supporters

JAKARTA - As voting in the United States (US) closes on Tuesday, November 3, Edison Research's exit poll survey provides insights into the main issues driving the presidential election as well as preliminary estimates of voter support.

Here are some highlights from the opinion poll based on direct interviews with voters on Tuesday, November 3. The interviews were conducted at the polling center early before election day as well as telephone interviews with the people who voted by letter.

In a report emerging on election night, incumbent Republican President Donald Trump displayed surprising strength with Latin voters in key states, such as Florida and Texas.

In Florida, according to exit polls, Latin voters are divided for Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden. In 2016, Trump won only 4/10 of Latin voters in his battle with Democrat Hillary Clinton. Overall he won three out of ten nonwhite voters. That number is an increase compared to four years ago, where he only won 2/10.

Trump maintains his lead among white voters. According to an Edison Research poll, six in ten white voters admitted to voting for Trump. Figures that have not changed from 2016.

One of Trump's campaign priorities is winning votes from Cuban-American voters in crowded South Florida. Trump sets out the administration's hard-line policy strategy towards Cuba and Venezuela to win his vote.

In Texas, 4/10 of Hispanic voters voted for Trump. That figure represents a three-digit increase over 2016, according to exit polls in the state.

Edison's national poll showed that while Biden outperformed Trump among non-white voters, Trump has received a slightly higher proportion of non-white votes than 2016.The poll showed that about eleven percent of Trump's voters were African-American.

In detail, Trump's voters come from 31 percent Hispanic and 30 percent Asian-American. There was at least a three percentage point increase from 2016 voting for Trump, up 3 percentage points from 2016 among the three groups.

Trump may need his improved performance with non-white voters to compensate for losses on his traditional political base. He appears to be losing support from white male voters and the older population in the states of Georgia and Virginia, which are key parts of the Republican voter base, according to Edison's poll.

While Trump still won the majority of the votes from those voters, some turned to support Biden, exit polls reported.

Edison's poll showed Trump winning seven votes out of ten white male voters in Georgia. That figure is down from 2016, when Trump was eight out of ten ahead of Clinton.

While Trump won six out of ten voters 65 and over in Georgia, that figure is down from seven in ten in 2016. In Virginia, Trump won six out of ten white voters without a college degree. That figure is down from 7/10 in 2016.

He also won the votes of 6/10 white male voters in Virginia, down from 2016, where he won 7/10 of the vote. In even more encouraging news for Trump, 6/10 of the voters with $ 100,000 in Virginia incomes backed Trump.