# Who Elected Donald Trump?

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/free-thoughts/who-elected-donald-trump>

**By** Emily Ekins, Trevor Burrus, Aaron Ross Powell

**Published:** July 14, 2017

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Emily Ekins has identified five different types of voters that elected Donald Trump as president. Do these groups represent a shift in American politics?

Emily Ekins has identified five different types of voters that elected Donald J. Trump the 45th President of the United States. Do these groups represent a big shift in American politics? In this episode we also discuss polling methodology and analysis. How reliable are public opinion polls and voter surveys?  
  
**Show Notes and Further Reading**

Here is [the Democracy Fund Voter Study Group Ekins participated in](https://www.voterstudygroup.org/reports/2016-elections).

And here is her report on "[The Five Types of Trump Voters](https://www.voterstudygroup.org/reports/2016-elections/the-five-types-trump-voters)."  
  
Ekins also mentions [FiveThirtyEight's Pollster Ratings project](https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/pollster-ratings/).