Working-class white people aren’t voting for Hillary

WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton’s upset loss in Michigan exposed her vulnerability among working-class whites, which could spell trouble for her next week, when three other industrial Midwest states head to the polls, political experts said Wednesday.

“I think this win for [Sen. Bernie] Sanders demonstrates some long-term, deeper-set issues for the Clinton campaign,” said T.J. Bucholz, president of Vanguard Public Affairs, a progressive, Michigan-based political-consulting firm.

Clinton stumbled with white men and young voters and relied too heavily on African-American support in Detroit, according to exit polls.

Sanders generated big wins in college towns and appealed to struggling manufacturing workers to pull out a surprise win, 49.8 percent to 48.3 percent.

Exit polls showed Sanders did extremely well with young people, while Clinton had the advantage with voters 45 and older and African-Americans.

Heading to Ohio on Tuesday, Clinton intends to keep hitting Sanders for not voting to release the Wall Street funds that financed the $85 billion bailout of General Motors, Chrysler and their lending arms.

But the demographics are tougher for Clinton in Ohio, which has a smaller percentage of black voters than Michigan.

Even her campaign manager said on Wed­nes­day that Sanders may win Ohio, Illinois and Missouri next week. But he claimed Clinton’s expected strong showing in Florida and North Carolina on the same day would put her on top with more delegates.

“We are confident that we are nearing the point that our delegate lead will effectively become insurmountable,” said the campaign chief, Robby Mook.