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Mon Apr 9, 2018, 04:40 PM Apr 2018

Poll: Dems now lead among older educated white voters

BY MORGAN GSTALTER at the Hill

http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/382230-poll-dems-now-lead-among-older-educated-white-voters

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Older educated white voters who voted for President Trump in 2016 are now leaning toward Democrats, according to a Reuters–Ipsos poll released Monday.

White college graduates over the age of 60 now favor Democrats over Republicans for Congress by a 2-point margin. The same group favored Republicans by 10 percentage points during the same polling period in 2016.

The 12-point swing toward Democrats is one of the largest the Reuters–Ipsos poll has measured over two years.

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“The real core for the Republicans is white, older white, and if they’re losing ground there, they’re going to have a tsunami,” said Larry Sabato, a University of Virginia political scientist, told Reuters. “If that continues to November, they’re toast.”

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