Democrat opinion on gainers/ losers under a Trump presidency 2017 | Statista

This statistic shows the opinion of Democrats on which groups will gain or lose influence under a Trump presidency. As of January 2017, 81 percent of Democrat respondents thought poor people would lose influence under a Trump presidency.

Democrat opinion on who will gain/ lose influence under a Trump presidency as of January 2017

Characteristic	Lose influence	Gain influence	Not be affected
Poor people	81%	8%	10%
Hispanics	78%	9%	12%
Gays and lesbians	74%	5%	18%
Women	74%	9%	16%
Blacks	73%	9%	15%
Environmentalists	71%	12%	13%
People like yourself	65%	12%	21%
Union leaders	62%	18%	16%
Younger people	60%	22%	16%
Children	55%	10%	32%
Older people	52%	21%	26%
D.C. lobbyists	20%	51%	21%
Military	20%	54%	25%
Conservative Christians	17%	55%	25%
Whites	11%	64%	22%
Men	10%	65%	24%
Business corporations	9%	80%	9%
Wealthy people	2%	83%	14%

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Release date

January 2017

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Region

United States

Survey time period

January 4 to January 9, 2017

Number of respondents

726 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

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Interviews were conducted in English and Spanish.

Method of interview

Telephone interview

Supplementary notes

Responses of "don't know" were excluded by the source.
Democrat respondents include both those that identify as Democrats or lean Democrat.

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