{"id":1895,"date":"2016-11-11T13:22:59","date_gmt":"2016-11-11T18:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jointcenter.org\/blog\/voters-in-2016-government-spending-on-internet-and-technology-training\/"},"modified":"2021-11-04T16:07:11","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T20:07:11","slug":"voters-in-2016-government-spending-on-internet-and-technology-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jointcenter.org\/voters-in-2016-government-spending-on-internet-and-technology-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Voters in 2016: Government Spending on Internet and Technology Training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- VideographyWP Plugin Message: Automatic video embedding prevented by plugin options. --><br \/>\nAfter this week\u2019s election results, cultural divides persist. The first step toward moving forward is understanding different perspectives.<\/p>\n<p>As the nation transitions into a new government, the Joint Center will release several data briefs comparing the policy priorities of white Trump voters, black Clinton voters, Latino Clinton voters, and white Clinton voters.<\/p>\n<p>Our first brief focuses on government spending on programs that provide Internet and new technology training.<\/p>\n<p><strong>KEY FINDINGS:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eighty percent of white Trump voters said they favor either keeping current funding levels or increasing funding in Internet and new technology training programs.<\/li>\n<li>Black Clinton voters were the most likely to support increasing investments.<\/li>\n<li>Across income groups, white Trump voters earning $50,000 &#8211; $74,999 had the largest numbers in favor of decreasing spending (24 percent).<\/li>\n<li>Across age groups, Black Clinton voters age 55-64 were most likely to support increasing government spending (80 percent).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/jointcenter.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Post-Election-Government-Spending-Brief-Internet-11.10.16_1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/jointcenter.org\/content\/voters-2016-government-spending-internet-and-technology-training&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1478957039536000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGaUnjHQRYBscNKFkRH4Y_r4Mc87A\">here<\/a>to read the full 7-page report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After this week\u2019s election results, cultural divides persist. 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