Throughout this election cycle, journalists and pundits characterized Trump supporters as “working-class,” less educated, and lower-income.  While the average Trump supporter is less educated and less well off than the average Kasich or Rubio supporter, blogger Nate Silver analyzed the data and found that Trump supporters are wealthier and better educated than the average American, even when adjusted for ethnicity. Nate Silver explains: The median household income of a Trump voter so far in the primaries is about $72,000, based on estimates derived from exit polls and Census Bureau data. That’s lower than the $91,000 median for Kasich voters. But it’s well above the national median household income of about $56,000. It’s also higher than the median income for Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders supporters, which is around $61,000 for both. Trump supporters make more than Bernie and Hillary supporters, and they make more than the average...(Read Full Post)