Most Democratic Party voters supported Hillary Clinton in the 2016 United States presidential election,[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 exit polls by CNN 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 Mitt Romney had in the 2012 election.
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.