The Truth About Trump Supporters

In explaining the success of Donald Trump, the media tend to point the finger at the supposedly disgruntled, uneducated, and nationalistic white working class. However, recent polls and analyses show that Trump supporters are more affluent and educated than the coverage would suggest. And the white working class is nowhere near as monolithic as it's made out to be.

Brooke talks to Sarah Smarsh, reporter and author of the upcoming book In the Red, about her work and her upbringing in rural Kansas -- and how they both inform her view that Trump's popularity has been too conveniently pinned on the white working class, which is far more complex and politically diverse than the media would make it seem.

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Oscarine by Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Segal