FiveThirtyEight Politics
Mr. Druke Goes to Washington
Jun 6, 2024
Senior elections analyst Nathaniel Rakich and New York Times polling editor Ruth Igielnik discuss post-Trump polling trends and Biden's asylum order. They play election trivia drawing parallels to current politics.
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- Democrats have never won the top income bracket voters since 1976.
- Reagan won the highest percentage of women's votes in 1984 with 58%.
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Reagan won the highest percentage of women's votes in 1984 with 58%, followed by Obama in 2008 with 56%. Young voters favored Carter by 8 points in 1976. Democrats have never won the top income bracket voters since 1976. Biden tied in 2020 but did not win.
