Larry Sabato, a politics professor at the University of Virginia, says Trump’s supporters are disproportionately blue collar and non-college educated and, with an estimated 10 per cent of the general electorate, he is by no means representative of US public opinion. “Naturally, Trump’s style attracts certain types of voters who see no subtlety in the complicated issues the world faces and just want a strong man to ‘fix’ all the problems,” he said.