US Election 2016: This is how women, black people and young people voted

Victory: Trump supporters in New York
Andrew Kelly
Mark Chandler9 November 2016

Donald Trump surged to the White House thanks to the backing of older white men, with black Americans coming out for Hillary Clinton, data shows.

Exit poll statistics published by CNN showed 63 per cent of US white males who were asked said they voted for the victorious Republican candidate, compared to just 31 per cent for Mrs Clinton.

Overall, 54 per cent of women voters cast their ballot for the Democrat, who would have become the first ever female President of the USA if she had emerged as the winner.

However, with white women she also trailed the Republican by 43 per cent to 53, according to the data.

Victory: A Trump supporter
Alex Wroblewski/Reuters

Mrs Clinton secured masses of votes from the country’s non-white population, with 88 per cent of black voters and 65 per cent of Asian and Latinos behind her.

It was with white voters where Mr Trump’s backing lay, securing 58 per cent compared to Mrs Clinton’s measly 37 per cent.

The figures seemed to back-up the view form analysts that Mr Trump’s appeal to working-class white voters, and their antipathy towards Mrs Clinton, was a major factor in the race to the White House.

Mr Trump also seemed to appeal more to older Americans, securing 53 per cent of the votes from those aged 45 and over.

Mrs Clinton was far more likely to gain votes from those aged 18 to 44, backed by 55 per cent of voters aged under 29.

College graduates and those on lower incomes were also more likely to vote Democrat, according to the exit polls.

The victorious businessman told whooping supporters in New York after his victory that he wanted the country to unite.

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