Most Democratic voters supported
Hillary Clinton,[1][2] but some traditionally Democratic counties in the
Rust Belt voted for
Donald Trump. One reason given for Trump winning counties in
Appalachian Ohio in the
2016 Ohio Republican primary was Democratic voters opposed to
free trade who had voted in the Republican primary.[3] In general CNN exit polls showed Ohio Democratic voters with slightly less support for Clinton than the national average,[4] and Trump receiving higher support among Democratic voters in Ohio than Romney had in 2012.[5]
Hillary Clinton had relatively low support in Appalachia from Democratic voters. In interviews with The Guardian, Appalachian Democrats voting for Trump cited concerns about
NAFTA and coal-mining.[6] An exit poll showed Donald Trump receiving 22% of the Democratic vote in
Kentucky,[7] a state Clinton had won overwhelmingly in the
2008 presidential primary.[8]Elliott County, Kentucky, which had the longest unbroken streak of voting Democrat of any county in the United States, went for Trump.[9] Some Appalachian states, such as
Tennessee and
West Virginia, did not have exit polls.[10]
Overall CNN exit polls indicated Clinton received 89% of the Democratic vote,[11] compared with House Democrats receiving 92% of the Democratic vote.[12] The difference between percentage of Republicans voting for a Republican representative and voting for Trump was six points. The Democrats who voted for Trump have been labelled "
Trumpocrats".[13]
There were also Democratic voters who favored
Jill Stein. In Oregon, Stein received one percent of the Democratic vote according to CNN exit polls,[14] equal to the total for all third-party voting among Democrats in 2012.[15]
Prominent Democrats who supported other candidates
This list also includes people who left the Democratic Party in 2016.