Trump's base has been estimated to be about 85% white in a country that is between 57% and 60% white, which suggests a disproportionate appeal to white voters. It's difficult to give an exact percentage of Trump's base that are white supremacists, but we can draw some insights from polling data:
According to a PPP survey, 7% of Trump voters said they have a favorable opinion of "white supremacists," compared to 4% of whites overall.
In a Morning Consult poll, among people who strongly approve of Trump's performance, 15% expressed a favorable view of white supremacists.
The same Morning Consult poll found that 12% of strong Trump approvers expressed a favorable opinion of neo-Nazis, and 19% expressed a favorable view of white nationalists.
While these numbers don't represent a majority of Trump's base, they do indicate that a large percentage of Trump's supporters hold views aligned with white supremacist ideologies.
It's important to note that these numbers represent people willing to openly express such views to pollsters, which may not capture the full extent of these sentiments. Additionally, the percentage varies depending on how the question is framed (e.g., asking about "white supremacists" versus "white nationalists" or "neo-Nazis").
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