Posted on 12/21/2015 12:25:33 PM PST by Red Steel
We have known for some time that Donald Trump's support is very reliant on voters without college degrees. (Actually, many polls put these voters in the category of "high school degree or less," which only emphasizes how little education many Trump voters have.) David Wasserman of Cook Political Report reminds us in 2012 Mitt Romney was able to dominate the race among college-educated voters. He observes:
What's glaringly missing from the 2016 GOP race? A candidate analogous to Romney who has the backing of a clear majority of college-educated Republicans. But there is still plenty of time for college-educated Republicans to coalesce around one — Rubio, Kasich, Bush or perhaps even Cruz could become the default choice for college-educated Republicans once some of the others drop out.
Wasserman thinks that this helps Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) whose "supporters skew toward degree-holders more than any other top-tier candidate's in the latest average of polls."
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
LoL Rubin.
Oh yeah, that’ll work.
Oh no... this article is not condescending to half the population. Nope... not at all.
This is what panic looks like, people.
You’re witnessing what the other side behaves like when they are freaking out.
I don’t like Trump, but the GOP’s latest whine that his supporters are “uneducated” country bumpkins is delusional at best and offensive at worst.
Mike Rowe will comment on this...
Uh, Jen, it isn’t just blue collar “uneducated” voters who support Trump.
But keep whistling past the polls.
What a stupid, albeit arrogant, *itch.
Those idiots at WaPo need to wake up and smell the TRUMP VICTORY smell; it smells like roses !
Many college educated people own businesses or are professionals. Many of them don’t care for giving all their hard-earned wages away to others.
Jenny has totally lost it.
Funny, four years ago I don’t remember any talk about “college-educated” voters for Romney.
college graduate here too.. as are many I know voting for Trump.
I hate to tell WAPO this, but most of the people I’ve talked to back Trump in private and are university educated.
They just won’t say it out loud. There are no monitors in the voting stations though.
I’m for Cruz for all that matters now.
If the educated elected Obama, that proves that you can educate yourself into total stupidity.
Education does not mean you are intelligent it means you know how to let yourself be programmed.
This article is absurd.
I have fairly large social circle of mostly well educated people. Only few with no Bachelors. Only these few are luke-warm Dem supporters. Everyone else is adamantly opposing the leaches.
Plus, they "bitterly" cling to their guns and Bibles!
/S
So, Romney in 2012 was able to “dominate the race among college-educated voters”, huh?
How did THAT turn out for Mitt?
Obama, on the other hand, “dominated the race” among high school dropouts.
So who sits in the White House today?
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