Abstract
This paper first demonstrates that Donald Trump won the 2016 U.S. presidential election in significant part by appealing successfully to non-Hispanic white voters without college degree. As the relative advantage of non-Hispanic whites in the U.S. society continues to decline and the blue collar jobs traditionally filled by less educated white men and women disappear, white “backlash” has gained momentum in recent years. The economic and cultural “threat” felt by those less educated white voters helps explain their resistance to diversity and enthusiasm for Trump.
