The cover of the NY Daily News on February 10, 2016.

Who Are Trump Supporters?

On the Media | Mar 18, 2016

The political media have spent months trying to explain the Trump insurgency -- first labeling his supporters racists, then the disaffected white working class, then an astute political cohort seeking to break the status quo. The Atlantic’s national correspondent James Fallows has not only crossed the country, but also sifted forensically through email, seeking an answer. 

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