The data help explain how Mr. Trump won 11 million more votes in 2020 than in his first election and show that his campaign drew new supporters to the GOP, an effort that focused most intensely on reaching working-class and rural voters in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and other battlegrounds.
Trump Found Millions of New Voters in 2020. Will They Turn Out for Next Year’s Midterms?
Former President Donald Trump drew substantial support in 2020 from a new pool of voters whose decisions on whether to participate in elections again will be central to next year’s midterms.
But the strategy came with a gamble. In engaging more working-class and rural Americans, Mr. Trump forfeited a measure of support from professional-class and suburban voters in the process.