Throughout the 2016 campaign much has been made of Donald Trump's challenge in reaching minority voters, but the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll shows he may have a deep challenge looming with white voters.
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The NBC/WSJ poll shows a divide within the white vote along educational lines. Trump holds a big lead among white voters without a college education, a 23-point edge, but he narrowly trails Hillary Clinton among college-educated whites by a single point.
That is a break from recent presidential elections. Consider 2012 where Republican Mitt Romney was dominating across the board with white voters.
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Trump's margin with non-college educated white voters is actually slightly better than Romney's 2012 number. In October of 2012, Romney held a 21-point edge among those without a college education.
But Trump's net-negative standing with college-educated whites is awful compared to Romney's 2012 margin. Romney actually led with college-educated whites in October of 2012 by 12 points.Read the rest of the story HERE.
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