List of Democrats who opposed Hillary Clinton presidential campaign, 2016

Most Democratic voters supported Hillary Clinton,^[1][2] but certain traditionally Democratic counties in the Rust Belt switched to the Republican. This result could be for varied reasons, but Trump winning counties in Eastern Ohio, in the Ohio Republican primary, 2016, has been claim to be in part due to Democratic voters who voted in a Republican primary and opposed free trade.^[3] In the general CNN Exit polls had Ohio's Democratic voters giving slightly lower percentages for Hillary than the national average^[4] and Trump receiving higher support among Democratic voters in Ohio than CNN listed Romney as having in 2012.^[5]

Hillary Clinton had relatively low support in Appalachia from Democratic voters. In interviews in the Guardian of Appalachians for Trump the Democratic voters for him 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 she had won overwhelmingly in the Kentucky Democratic primary, 2008.^[8] The historically Democratic Elliott County, Kentucky, which had the longest ongoing streak of any county voting Democratic 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 she received 89% of the Democratic vote^[11] versus House Democrats receiving 92% of the Democratic vote.^[12] This 3% difference is only half of the 6 point difference between Republicans voting for a Republican representative versus voting for Trump.

A term for the Democrats who voted for Trump is "Trumpocrat."^[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] This equals what they list for all third party voting, among Democrats, in 2012.^[15] The list section will include people who left the Democratic Party in 2016.

Democrats for Trump

• David A. Clarke Jr., sheriff of Milwaukee County.^[16]
• Harlan Hill, political strategist.^[17]
• Tom Luken, Former mayor of Cincinnati and former Member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio.^[18]
• David Saunders, political strategist and author.^[19]
• Andrew Stein, 22nd Borough President of Manhattan (1978–85) and New York City Council President (1986–94).^[20]
• Adam Walinsky, A lawyer who served in the United States Department of Justice and as a speechwriter for Robert F. Kennedy.^[21][22]

Democrats for Stein

• Cecil Bothwell – In July 2016, he officially de-registered as a Democrat and switched to Independent, as he would not be supporting Hillary Clinton and later officially endorsed Jill Stein for president.^[23][24]
• Coleen Rowley – She ran for office as a member of Minnesota Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party, which is affiliated to the Democratic Party.^[25]
• Susan Sarandon – Actress^[26]

Others

• Caitlin Flanagan, An American writer and social critic.^[27]
• Douglas Schoen, A conservative Democratic analyst.^[28]
• Jim Webb, A former U.S. Senator and Presidential candidate in 2016.^[29]

See also

• Party switching in the United States
• Democrats for Nixon
• Reagan Democrat
• Democratic and liberal support for John McCain in 2008
• List of Republicans who opposed Donald Trump presidential campaign, 2016

References

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