As we work our way throughout the election season we see Donald J. Trump leading with the most delegates in the republican party. A common question that the average person has is who is voting for Trump? I personally have not had anyone tell me that they are voting for Trump but his poll numbers and the primary results show a strong support. Demographics are one way to answer this question but it does not get into the personal feelings that the voters have. I will provide exit poll data from 2016 primaries in New Hampshire, Tennessee, Florida, and Ohio.

All data given will be the percentage of the total vote that Trump received. Also, the percentage will be the highest of all candidates in that category.

1. New Hampshire (February 9)

(Possible candidates: Bush, Carson, Christie, Cruz, Fiorina, Huckabee, Kasich, Paul, Rubio, Santorum, Trump, Other)

Donald Trump received 47 percent of votes from voters with a high school degree or less. He also won 40 percent of votes from voters who own a gun. 53 Percent of the voters who value immigration as having the most importance to them voted for Trump. Out of all the republican candidates, 66 percent of voters said that Trump’s top quality is that he tells it like it is. 40 Percent of people who said they were falling behind economically voted for Trump. 40 Percent of people that are very worried about a terrorist attack voted for Trump.

For the people that support a temporary ban on Muslims immigrating to the U.S. 45 percent voted for Trump. The people that reported being angry at the federal government, 45 percent voted for Trump. 50 Percent of people said the next president should come from outside the establishment and of those people 62% voted for Trump

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2. Tennessee (March 1)

(Possible candidates: Bush, Carson, Cruz, Kasich, Rubio, Trump, Other) 45 Percent of the people that are 65 and older voted for Trump. 51 Percent of people with a high school education or less voted for Trump. Out of the people that earn fewer than fifty thousand dollars a year Trump won 45 percent of the vote. 45 Percent of the people that categorized themselves as moderate voted for Trump.

Of the voters that value “telling it like it is” as a top quality of a candidate, Trump won 80 percent of their vote. 49 Percent of people that believe illegal immigrants that are currently working in the U.S. should be deported. 47 Percent of the people that live in rural areas voted for Trump.

3. Florida (March 15)

(Possible candidates: Carson, Cruz, Kasich, Rubio, Trump, Other) 47 Percent of people that are in the age range of 30-59 voted for Trump. 54 Percent of people that have experienced some college voted for Trump. 58 Percent of people that make between thirty thousand and fifty thousand dollars a year voted for Trump. 60 Percent of people that view immigration as the most important issue voted for Trump. 48 Percent of people that felt that the U.S. support for Israel is not enough voted for Trump.

4. Ohio (March 15)

(Possible candidates: Carson, Cruz, Kasich, Rubio, Trump, Other) 47 percent of voters that had a high school or less education voted for Trump. 41 Percent of people that make less than fifty thousand dollars a year voted for Trump. 68 Percent of people that view immigration as the most important issue voted for Trump. 78 Percent of people that view “telling it like it is” as a top quality, voted for Trump. 51 Percent of people that said their family is falling behind financially voted for Trump. Of the voters that live in a rural area, 41 percent of them voted for Trump.

47 Percent of voters that had a high school or less education voted for Trump. 41 Percent of people that make less than fifty thousand dollars a year voted for Trump. 68 Percent of people that view immigration as the most important issue voted for Trump. 78 Percent of people that view “telling it like it is” as a top quality, voted for Trump. 51 Percent of people that said their family is falling behind financially voted for Trump. Of the voters that live in a rural area, 41 percent of them voted for Trump.

This gives a general idea of who the majority of people that are voting for Trump are but it does not encompass every voter, their demographics and ideology. In addition, this data from the 2016 primaries should not be used in predicting voter demographics because in the presidential election there is just one republican and one democrat and the results are yet to be determined.