Newsmax analyzed the data and here is some key takeaways:
Only 55 percent of Republican primary voters identified themselves as “Republican,” 42 percent declaring they were “independents,” and 3 percent saying they were “Democrats.”
Donald Trump pulled a disproportionate number of voters – 45 percent – who said their highest education was high school or less.
Trump underperformed with voters holding a postgraduate degree – pulling just 20 percent of that vote, compared to John Kasich, who pulled 21 percent of that group.
Trump did much better among voters who never graduated college, grabbing 38 percent of this group, to 27 percent of college graduates who voted for him.
News Max was pimping Rubio and Jeb Bush not too long ago, so I’m not sure if I’ll take their “analysis” over the exit poll results.
Wow!!
Cruz got 23% of the very conservative vote, 9% of somewhat conservative and 4%!!!! of moderates.
Trump pulls from every demographic. Cruz is a fractional hard-right candidate that will do well in caucuses based on his organization but we saw what happens in broad based primaries. Cruz has a real problem with moderate and somewhat conservative voters.
Yes, we know how conservative folks tend to be after four years of non-stop leftist indoctrination in college.
“Trump underperformed with voters holding a postgraduate degree, pulling just 20 percent of that vote, compared to John Kasich, who pulled 21 percent of that group.
Isn’t 20% and 21% nearly the same percentage? So how is Trump “under performing” Kasich in that category?
Trump underperformed with voters holding a postgraduate degree, pulling just 20 percent of that vote, compared to John Kasich, who pulled 21 percent of that group.
Wow... Trump will never win like that...
And of course, all the higher educated people went for Kasich. Well 1% more did. That's something isn't it...
Desperation, clinging at straws...
Excellent info and post. Thanks.
Those numbers are no surprise. Blue collar middle class workers, generally lacking college degrees, have been absolutely pounded the last few years. And, they know the influx of illegals, bad trade deals, crony capitalism, and so on, are a big part of the reason. Trump is talking right to them.
They may, like Rush, lack degrees, but that does not mean they are dumb.
That big bloc of not party affiliated is the norm for libertarian New Hampshire and looks like Trump got most of them
It’s how you win the general
Especially if some of the Cruz or seppeku crowd stays home
I fail to see where a vote from the college elite is worth any more than one from a high school dropout. One person, one vote, ALL Americans.
With a congress full of college educated, mostly lawyers, such status does not bode well on the intelligence scale.
Interviews on college campuses of students who think Judge Judy is on the Supreme Court and Petitions to elect Karl Marx as VP tell most of us what we need to know about the overall “superior” intellect of those in “higher” education.
“Voting” is not for the public to grade some pseudo term paper, it’s about trust, leadership, courage, and relatability. I believe one of the reasons people like Cruz is lagging is that he too technical on issues. People don’t care how to build a watch, they just want to know what time it is. When you buy a watch, you want to know if it is reliable, well made, attractive, and accurate.
There are plenty of forums for the deep, technical aspects of government for those who are so inclined.
Yet the fact is among “college” Trump won, just as he leads in every state poll I have seen among $45,000 and up ( so far the only proxy we have in all theses polls).
Can’t spin this away. Trump beat Teddie 3:1.
Just shows that your brain breaks if you set one foot into any class above Bachelors-level.
According to CS exit polling...
Trump actually beat on the post collegiate voters too.
http://www.cbsnews.com/elections/2016/primaries/republican/new-hampshire/exit/