The White Working Class Remains Key for Donald Trump in the 2024 Election

White working class voters should not be ignored

Per a newly released New York Times/Siena College poll, former President Donald Trump Trump’s advantage among White non-college-educated voters has plummeted from 26 points to 13 points since May.

Trump enjoys a 53% to 40% advantage over Harris among White non-college-educated voters when third-party candidates are included in the polls.

38% of white working class voters currently believe Harris would manage the economy in a better fashion. Back in May, only 26% of white working class voters held similar views about then-President Joe Biden. Trump’s economic support among this segment of the population plummeted from 69% to 60%.

It can’t be stressed enough how the white working class played a key role in propelling Trump to victory in Rust Belt states such as Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin during the 2016 presidential election. 

It’s an open secret that elections in the US are highly competitive and will be determined by small margins when one considers the high degree of political polarization and the significant amount of vote rigging to take place in the election. So Trump will need to pick up as much support as he can get. 

The white working class is a demographic that is ripe for the taking. This segment of the electorate is the most primed to support a populist agenda.  However, they can only be activated with a populist agenda that focuses on immigration, restriction, economic, nationalism, and protecting the Historic American Nation from anti-white hate crimes. 

One of the more controversial aspects of Trump’s 2024 campaign has been his decision to pander to non-white, especially black, and Hispanic voters, thinking that he can make significant inroads with them. In reality, Trump should be pursuing the strategy outlined by Steve Sailer, which focuses more on “inreach” to fully consolidate all of the white vote — from white working class voters to suburbanites that have become disenchanted with the entire political system.

Trump would be wise to specifically target the white working class and maximize it as much as possible because the key states that he will need to win —Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin — have large voting blocs that are not traditional conservatives or liberals. These voters are populists who are fed up with the system. 

However, if Trump continues pandering to non-white and using milquetoast Republican policy positions, many of these voters will not only feel demoralized, but they will sit out the election altogether. There’s still plenty of time for Trump to go back to his winning populist message of 2016 that consisted of immigration restriction, economic nationalism, and a restrained foreign policy. Now it’s just a matter of Trump ignoring bad advice and going back to the populist agenda that initially brought him to the dance.