Under Trump, Job Market Has Improved More for Clinton Supporters<br />The unemployment rate has fallen by equal amounts for both groups: to 3.6 percent in July from 4 percent in January for likelier Trump supporters,<br />and to 4.5 percent from 4.9 percent for likelier Clinton supporters.<br />Throughout 2016 and in 2017, both the unemployment rate and a broader measure, U-6, which captures people who are working part-time<br />but want a full-time job and those who would like a job but have given up looking out of frustration, were lower for likelier Trump supporters than for likelier Clinton supporters.<br />The broader U-6 rate has fallen by 0.8 points for likelier Clinton supporters and by 0.6 points for likelier Trump supporters.<br />U-6, which captures people who are working<br />part-time but want a full-time job and those who would like a job but<br />have given up looking out of frustration, has fallen more for likelier Clinton supporters.<br />Get the Upshot in your Inbox<br />Since President Trump took office in January, job growth has continued to be robust, and the unemployment rate has continued to fall.
