FYI. Trump won every income bracket above $50k, while Hillary only won those below
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/11/08/us/politics/e...
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/11/08/us/politics/e...
So yes, it's reasonable to say that the cohort that Trump made the largest gains with (i.e., lower income brackets) is his "voter base."