Crowds at major US sporting events – usually comprised of men aged 18-49 – match up nicely with Donald Trump’s core voting bloc.
These are often many of the people who propelled Trump into the White House twice. But his popularity seems to be dropping with this demographic.
This was on display on Tuesday in Trump’s home town of New York City, when the president was heavily booed when he was shown on the big screen during the national anthem while attending game three of the National Basketball Association (NBA) finals series between the New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs at Madison Square Garden.
Trump criticised for not ‘staying at home’
Trump’s attendance on Tuesday made him the first sitting US president to attend an NBA finals game. Ticketholders were forced to wait in lines more than two blocks long in a strict, airport-style gauntlet of security measures.
