# GOP gained ground in middle-class communities in 2016

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**Created:** [July 16, 2018, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-gained-ground-in-middle-class-communities-in-2016/818029 "2018-07-16T18:18:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 16, 2018, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gop-gained-ground-in-middle-class-communities-in-2016/818029/1 "2018-07-16T18:18:18Z")

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GOP gained ground in middle-class communities in 2016.

> **[GOP gained ground in middle-class communities in 2016](https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/12/08/gop-gained-ground-in-middle-class-communities-in-2016/)**
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> Although many middle-class areas voted for Barack Obama in 2008, they overwhelmingly favored Donald Trump in 2016, a shift that was a key to his victory.

With Tax cuts, economic growth, and possibly infrastructure spending, I have hard time seeing Trump losing support in this group in 2020.

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