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the pew study I just found said that in general about 60% of the upper middle class and wealthy (higher for wealthy) vote GOP since the 50s (which under Eisenhower was kinda crazy w/ taxes, remember)....
Trump made staggering gains in the middle class as well
Pt being the wealthy aren't generally in favor of higher taxes for themselves, or the estate tax. That's just basic, inherent common sense
This article only covers the pre polls, but it mentions the history of the voting, the Pew one I found specifically mentions middle class mostly so not that relevant
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/23/business/rich-vote-republican-not-this-election-maybe.html
"By 2000, those at the top were more than twice as likely to identify as Republican than those at the bottom, according to Mr. Gelman’s study."
"Among the rich and superrich, the politics are more divided. In the run-up to the 2012 election, 61 percent of millionaire voters (those with investable assets of $1 million or more) supported the Republican nominee, Mitt Romney, according to a survey from the Spectrem Group. In the 2008 election, while more than three-quarters of millionaire families favored Mr. McCain, two-thirds of families worth $30 million or more supported Mr. Obama."
it does appear to be shifting more evenly however in recent years, I don't think that's just a Trump thing either but the result of demographics and advancements in education for certain groups and companies like Google and Amazon employing so many high earning, left leaning employees
Trump made staggering gains in the middle class as well
Pt being the wealthy aren't generally in favor of higher taxes for themselves, or the estate tax. That's just basic, inherent common sense
This article only covers the pre polls, but it mentions the history of the voting, the Pew one I found specifically mentions middle class mostly so not that relevant
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/23/business/rich-vote-republican-not-this-election-maybe.html
"By 2000, those at the top were more than twice as likely to identify as Republican than those at the bottom, according to Mr. Gelman’s study."
"Among the rich and superrich, the politics are more divided. In the run-up to the 2012 election, 61 percent of millionaire voters (those with investable assets of $1 million or more) supported the Republican nominee, Mitt Romney, according to a survey from the Spectrem Group. In the 2008 election, while more than three-quarters of millionaire families favored Mr. McCain, two-thirds of families worth $30 million or more supported Mr. Obama."
it does appear to be shifting more evenly however in recent years, I don't think that's just a Trump thing either but the result of demographics and advancements in education for certain groups and companies like Google and Amazon employing so many high earning, left leaning employees