Brent Buchanan
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Yeah, great to be back.
Yeah, great to be back.
Well, there were a few, and I'd say the biggest is this finding that non-white men continue to move towards Donald Trump. And it's a really fascinating thing because if you go back and look at the exit polling, white voters as a whole basically gave Trump the exact same margin in the 24 election as they did in the 20 election. And that was two factors, one being that
Well, there were a few, and I'd say the biggest is this finding that non-white men continue to move towards Donald Trump. And it's a really fascinating thing because if you go back and look at the exit polling, white voters as a whole basically gave Trump the exact same margin in the 24 election as they did in the 20 election. And that was two factors, one being that
non-college educated whites continue to move to the right, college educated whites and higher continue to move to the left. And that trend on the educational attainment, we call it the diploma divide, hadn't really made its way into non-white communities in the same veracity that it had white communities from between 16 and 20 and 24.
non-college educated whites continue to move to the right, college educated whites and higher continue to move to the left. And that trend on the educational attainment, we call it the diploma divide, hadn't really made its way into non-white communities in the same veracity that it had white communities from between 16 and 20 and 24.
And you just continue to see that, like, you've got 30% of Black men who are favorable of Donald Trump. I mean, that's a stat that if you'd ask his favorability in 2017, my guess would have been around 11%.
And you just continue to see that, like, you've got 30% of Black men who are favorable of Donald Trump. I mean, that's a stat that if you'd ask his favorability in 2017, my guess would have been around 11%.
Well, if you look at why people, especially those without a college degree, are moving to the right, it's because they don't trust the system at all. They believe that government works against them and not for them, and that it is an impediment to their ability to succeed, to take care of their family, to educate their children. They look at the lunacy of the left
Well, if you look at why people, especially those without a college degree, are moving to the right, it's because they don't trust the system at all. They believe that government works against them and not for them, and that it is an impediment to their ability to succeed, to take care of their family, to educate their children. They look at the lunacy of the left
how they're focusing so much on like, let's ensure there's 10 transgender bathrooms in the school as being a more important priority than like, can my kid do math at his or her grade level? And they just see tons of like luxury issue views being touted by the left when they're trying to make ends meet and they're trying to help their kid and family be successful or even just get by in many cases.
how they're focusing so much on like, let's ensure there's 10 transgender bathrooms in the school as being a more important priority than like, can my kid do math at his or her grade level? And they just see tons of like luxury issue views being touted by the left when they're trying to make ends meet and they're trying to help their kid and family be successful or even just get by in many cases.
And so that's why on issues like Doge, I mean, I'm here in the Washington, D.C. area, and everybody's hair is absolutely on fire over the downsizing and the cutting of contracts and the layoffs and all these things that in corporate America are very normal. And you don't see entire news segments being done on corporate layoffs, but they're flipping out about these smaller government layoffs.
And so that's why on issues like Doge, I mean, I'm here in the Washington, D.C. area, and everybody's hair is absolutely on fire over the downsizing and the cutting of contracts and the layoffs and all these things that in corporate America are very normal. And you don't see entire news segments being done on corporate layoffs, but they're flipping out about these smaller government layoffs.
But people outside of this bubble in normal America, especially these non-white communities, are cheering what's going on here.
But people outside of this bubble in normal America, especially these non-white communities, are cheering what's going on here.
You know, we looked at one factor in our February survey where if somebody did not vote in 2020, but they did vote for Donald Trump in 24, or they selected a different candidate in 2020, but voted for Donald Trump in 24, that audience is like 62% favorable of what Trump and Musk are doing with Doge right now.
You know, we looked at one factor in our February survey where if somebody did not vote in 2020, but they did vote for Donald Trump in 24, or they selected a different candidate in 2020, but voted for Donald Trump in 24, that audience is like 62% favorable of what Trump and Musk are doing with Doge right now.
I mean, that's just a wild factor of these folks that Donald Trump got engaged and pulled into the electorate or pulled his way are who is shaping the narrative moving forward.
I mean, that's just a wild factor of these folks that Donald Trump got engaged and pulled into the electorate or pulled his way are who is shaping the narrative moving forward.