There are 435 Congressional Districts in the US House of Representatives.
43 of the 50 Districts with the highest percentage of residents with Bachelor’s Degrees or higher went blue in the 2018 midterms.
43 of the 50 Districts with the highest percentage of residents with Bachelor’s Degrees or higher went blue in the 2018 midterms.
I dug further. Of the 101 Congressional Districts with the highest percentage of residents with degrees (The top 101 instead of the top 100 because two districts were tied), guess how many contests Republicans won in the 2018 House races?
Only 18 of them.
Out of the TOP 101!!
Only 18 of them.
Out of the TOP 101!!
I emphasize this because I look at relationships between a lot of demographic categories and how they vote. And this one is just glaring. It’s astounding.
The more education you have, at least in the Trump era, the less likely you are to vote Republican.
The more education you have, at least in the Trump era, the less likely you are to vote Republican.
This is true at every level at which I’ve looked at it. An extremely strong relationship between education and likelihood of voting Democratic.
It’s uncanny.
It’s uncanny.
To the elephant in the room: I’ll say it again. I don’t believe that education and intelligence are linked. I know brilliant people who never went to college. And I know some morons with doctoral degrees.
But if you listen to some of the arguments that both Trump and some of his top surrogates put out to the masses, it’s rather obvious that THEY have little respect for their base’s intellect.
Arguments destroyed w/a little bit of research. Which is one thing you learn in college.
Arguments destroyed w/a little bit of research. Which is one thing you learn in college.
