The most important divide in this election was not between whites and non-whites. It was between those who are often referred to as “educated” voters and those who are described as “working class” voters.
The reality is that six in 10 Americans do not have a college degree, and they elected Donald Trump . College-educated people didn’t just fail to see this coming ”” they have struggled to display even a rudimentary understanding of the worldviews of those who voted for Trump. This is an indictment of the monolithic, insulated political culture in the vast majority our colleges and universities.
As a college professor, I know that there are many ways in which college graduates simply know more about the world than those who do not have such degrees. This is especially true ”” with some exceptions, of course ”” when it comes to “hard facts” learned in science, history and sociology courses….
What hokum! It only proves how out of touch colleges and universities are. Almost everyone I know who voted for Trump has a college degree and most of them have advanced degrees. Academia’s problem is they don’t actually know anybody who doesn’t have a degree who isn’t a leftist.
Amen, David!
Plus they can’t understand how anyone with any intelligence could possibly disagree with their exalted wisdom.
I read some time ago that liberals tend to believe that people who disagree with them have character flaws. Here they are ignorant. But Trump supporters/voters are also homophobic, Islamophobic, sexists, and racists. So much for ideas.