In other words, this story may have less to do with Mr. Biden, and may even be the rare Trump-related story that has less to do with Mr. Trump. “There were opportunities for Biden to win back some of that demographic.”The pool of married men was also very different last year than in 2016. “This is not your father’s married man,” Dr. Schaffner said. And if married men moved toward the Democrat while married women were consistent, it would seem likelier that husbands acceded to their wives rather than the opposite. That could help explain the shift among married men, who are likely to be middle class, Dr. Schaffner said.

Source: New York Times July 15, 2021 22:41 UTC