The most educated states are all blue

[Two Thumbs]

Here are the states' rankings for graduate degree holders:

1. Washington, D.C.: 23.6 percent not a state
2. Massachusetts: 14.5 percent
3. Maryland: 14.1 percent
4. Connecticut: 13.7 percent
5. Virginia: 12.9 percent
6. New York: 12.6 percent
7. Vermont: 12.3 percent
8. Colorado: 11.5 percent
8. New Jersey: 11.5 percent
10. New Mexico: 11.0 percent
11. Illinois: 10.6 percent
12. New Hampshire: 10.5 percent
13. Washington: 10.1 percent
13. California: 10.1 percent
15. Rhode Island: 9.9 percent

See any Red States on the list?

Starsplash: Where are all the educated people

Image Detail for - Map via Washington Examiner; hat tip: JWF.

yes, four of them

fyi

most of the states listed are Ivy league that hire academics to stay thus skewing any idiotic poll like this.

 

[hortysir]

Here are the states' rankings for graduate degree holders:

1. Washington, D.C.: 23.6 percent
2. Massachusetts: 14.5 percent
3. Maryland: 14.1 percent
4. Connecticut: 13.7 percent
5. Virginia: 12.9 percent
6. New York: 12.6 percent
7. Vermont: 12.3 percent
8. Colorado: 11.5 percent
8. New Jersey: 11.5 percent
10. New Mexico: 11.0 percent
11. Illinois: 10.6 percent
12. New Hampshire: 10.5 percent
13. Washington: 10.1 percent
13. California: 10.1 percent
15. Rhode Island: 9.9 percent

See any Red States on the list?

Starsplash: Where are all the educated people

Saturday, March 27, 2004

WTF? Eight years ago? Maybe New Mexico is no longer on the list!

Fuck Chris, you got anything more recent?

Hang on a minute, Mick....

He's gotta go back to the ThinkProgress website to see how he's supposed to respond.

 

[Old Rocks]

And what do "Liberal" children produce? More liberal bullshit?

Sure they can postulate and pontificate, but can they swing a goddamn hammer?
Fire the engines of commerce? Forge industries? Put people to work creating physical, tangible assets? Contribute to the GDP of a nation? Establish real property wealth?

Fuck no.

Blue collar liberal here. Journyman Millwright by trade. I can swing a goddamned hammer, and more than fire the engines of commerce, I build, repair, and maintain them.

H, that is as silly of a statement to make as stating that conservatives aren't educated. Read and enjoyed William Buckley for decades. Now, when we speak of 'Conservatives', that is a differant animal. But then, they consider Buckley to be a liberal.

 

[Samson]

Graduate degrees in what? Liberal Sciences?

Fuckin' fail.

According to a Pew poll, only 6% of U.S. scientists are Republican, while 55% are Democrat and 32% are Independent.

Do Sociologists = Scientists?



I think not.

 

[CaféAuLait]

Saturday, March 27, 2004

WTF? Eight years ago? Maybe New Mexico is no longer on the list!

Fuck Chris, you got anything more recent?

Hang on a minute, Mick....

He's gotta go back to the ThinkProgress website to see how he's supposed to respond.

LOL!

Damn it, now my computer screen is toast!

 

[thereisnospoon]

Graduate degrees in what? Liberal Sciences?

Fuckin' fail.

European history. Greek philosophy, Environmental studies...Stupid shit like that..
Many of those freeloading douche bags who were taking part in those OWS camp outs hold Bachelors and Masters degrees in some of the most useless majors.
What the fuck is marketable about a person who went to college for 6 years studying Greek Philosophers or Asian poets?

 

[Charles_Main]

Here are the states' rankings for graduate degree holders:

1. Washington, D.C.: 23.6 percent
2. Massachusetts: 14.5 percent
3. Maryland: 14.1 percent
4. Connecticut: 13.7 percent
5. Virginia: 12.9 percent
6. New York: 12.6 percent
7. Vermont: 12.3 percent
8. Colorado: 11.5 percent
8. New Jersey: 11.5 percent
10. New Mexico: 11.0 percent
11. Illinois: 10.6 percent
12. New Hampshire: 10.5 percent
13. Washington: 10.1 percent
13. California: 10.1 percent
15. Rhode Island: 9.9 percent

See any Red States on the list?

Starsplash: Where are all the educated people

So, What your saying is Union Dominated Public Schools and Universities Pump out Democrats.

Yeah we knew that.

 

[Two Thumbs]

funniest part is, the highest number is still less than 25%.

DC is full of fucking lawyers, and is the most crime fucked place to live inish America

 

[hortysir]

Graduate degrees in what? Liberal Sciences?

Fuckin' fail.

European history. Greek philosophy, Environmental studies...Stupid shit like that..
Many of those freeloading douche bags who were taking part in those OWS camp outs hold Bachelors and Masters degrees in some of the most useless majors.
What the fuck is marketable about a person who went to college for 6 years studying Greek Philosophers or Asian poets?

Do you want fries with that?

 

[Samson]

Here are the states' rankings for graduate degree holders:

1. Washington, D.C.: 23.6 percent
2. Massachusetts: 14.5 percent
3. Maryland: 14.1 percent
4. Connecticut: 13.7 percent
5. Virginia: 12.9 percent
6. New York: 12.6 percent
7. Vermont: 12.3 percent
8. Colorado: 11.5 percent
8. New Jersey: 11.5 percent
10. New Mexico: 11.0 percent
11. Illinois: 10.6 percent
12. New Hampshire: 10.5 percent
13. Washington: 10.1 percent
13. California: 10.1 percent
15. Rhode Island: 9.9 percent

See any Red States on the list?

Starsplash: Where are all the educated people

I'm so impressed to see Washington D.C. at the top of the list of graduate degree holders, and to hear that the "Starsplash Blog" believes these are "Smart People."



Are any of them actually DOING ANYTHING?

If so, then what?......I mean besides blogging.....

 

[thereisnospoon]

And what do "Liberal" children produce? More liberal bullshit?

Sure they can postulate and pontificate, but can they swing a goddamn hammer?
Fire the engines of commerce? Forge industries? Put people to work creating physical, tangible assets? Contribute to the GDP of a nation? Establish real property wealth?

Fuck no.

Blue collar liberal here. Journyman Millwright by trade. I can swing a goddamned hammer, and more than fire the engines of commerce, I build, repair, and maintain them.

H, that is as silly of a statement to make as stating that conservatives aren't educated. Read and enjoyed William Buckley for decades. Now, when we speak of 'Conservatives', that is a differant animal. But then, they consider Buckley to be a liberal.

You are in the service sector. So what.

 

[Mr. H.]

And what do "Liberal" children produce? More liberal bullshit?

Sure they can postulate and pontificate, but can they swing a goddamn hammer?
Fire the engines of commerce? Forge industries? Put people to work creating physical, tangible assets? Contribute to the GDP of a nation? Establish real property wealth?

Fuck no.

Ever heard of Warren Buffett?

Educate me. It's your thead.

 

[hjmick]

Here are the states' rankings for graduate degree holders:

1. Washington, D.C.: 23.6 percent
2. Massachusetts: 14.5 percent
3. Maryland: 14.1 percent
4. Connecticut: 13.7 percent
5. Virginia: 12.9 percent
6. New York: 12.6 percent
7. Vermont: 12.3 percent
8. Colorado: 11.5 percent
8. New Jersey: 11.5 percent
10. New Mexico: 11.0 percent
11. Illinois: 10.6 percent
12. New Hampshire: 10.5 percent
13. Washington: 10.1 percent
13. California: 10.1 percent
15. Rhode Island: 9.9 percent

See any Red States on the list?

Starsplash: Where are all the educated people

I'm so impressed to see Washington D.C. at the top of the list of graduate degree holders, and to hear that the "Starsplash Blog" believes these are "Smart People."



Are any of them actually DOING ANYTHING?

If so, then what?......I mean besides blogging.....

But it's not a friggin' state!

 

[Texanmike]

Here are the states' rankings for graduate degree holders:

1. Washington, D.C.: 23.6 percent
2. Massachusetts: 14.5 percent
3. Maryland: 14.1 percent
4. Connecticut: 13.7 percent
5. Virginia: 12.9 percent
6. New York: 12.6 percent
7. Vermont: 12.3 percent
8. Colorado: 11.5 percent
8. New Jersey: 11.5 percent
10. New Mexico: 11.0 percent
11. Illinois: 10.6 percent
12. New Hampshire: 10.5 percent
13. Washington: 10.1 percent
13. California: 10.1 percent
15. Rhode Island: 9.9 percent

See any Red States on the list?

Starsplash: Where are all the educated people

Who gets a graduate degree has very little to do with the intelligence of a person. I know that you know better than this. Are they getting degrees in fields that require a graduate degree? A lot of liberal arts degrees require a masters (or PHD) to be worth anything. Take a history degree for example... You can't do much more than teach HS and maybe work as a curator at a crappy museum with a history degree. Degrees in art history are about the same. Political science? Psychology? Same thing. English majors? Same thing.

And is it surprising that an educational system which is predominantly liberal produces liberal people? What percentage of engineers and doctors are conservative/liberal/libertarians?

It is remarkable how biased people are about their political leanings and it is idiotic to throw a study like this out and act as if it means anything.

Mike

 

[hortysir]

I picture Chris curled up in a corner, drooling and twitching, mumbling to himself and trying to figure out what happened to his perfectly constructed thread.

 

[hjmick]

Here are the states' rankings for graduate degree holders:

1. Washington, D.C.: 23.6 percent
2. Massachusetts: 14.5 percent
3. Maryland: 14.1 percent
4. Connecticut: 13.7 percent
5. Virginia: 12.9 percent
6. New York: 12.6 percent
7. Vermont: 12.3 percent
8. Colorado: 11.5 percent
8. New Jersey: 11.5 percent
10. New Mexico: 11.0 percent
11. Illinois: 10.6 percent
12. New Hampshire: 10.5 percent
13. Washington: 10.1 percent
13. California: 10.1 percent
15. Rhode Island: 9.9 percent

See any Red States on the list?

Starsplash: Where are all the educated people

Who gets a graduate degree has very little to do with the intelligence of a person. I know that you know better than this. Are they getting degrees in fields that require a graduate degree? A lot of liberal arts degrees require a masters (or PHD) to be worth anything. Take a history degree for example... You can't do much more than teach HS and maybe work as a curator at a crappy museum with a history degree. Degrees in art history are about the same. Political science? Psychology? Same thing. English majors? Same thing.

And is it surprising that an educational system which is predominantly liberal produces liberal people? What percentage of engineers and doctors are conservative/liberal/libertarians?

It is remarkable how biased people are about their political leanings and it is idiotic to throw a study like this out and act as if it means anything.

Mike

The standard answer to your question, which I took the liberty to emphasize, is 6%.

You really should drop by more often, if you did you'd know the answers to questions like that...

 

[hjmick]

I picture Chris curled up in a corner, drooling and twitching, mumbling to himself and trying to figure out what happened to his perfectly constructed thread.

I blame myself...

 

[Samson]

Here are the states' rankings for graduate degree holders:

1. Washington, D.C.: 23.6 percent
2. Massachusetts: 14.5 percent
3. Maryland: 14.1 percent
4. Connecticut: 13.7 percent
5. Virginia: 12.9 percent
6. New York: 12.6 percent
7. Vermont: 12.3 percent
8. Colorado: 11.5 percent
8. New Jersey: 11.5 percent
10. New Mexico: 11.0 percent
11. Illinois: 10.6 percent
12. New Hampshire: 10.5 percent
13. Washington: 10.1 percent
13. California: 10.1 percent
15. Rhode Island: 9.9 percent

See any Red States on the list?

Starsplash: Where are all the educated people

I'm so impressed to see Washington D.C. at the top of the list of graduate degree holders, and to hear that the "Starsplash Blog" believes these are "Smart People."



Are any of them actually DOING ANYTHING?

If so, then what?......I mean besides blogging.....

But it's not a friggin' state!

Let's not quibble: Whether it is a state or not, it is the seat of the Federal Government, which we all know must be staffed with only the best and brightest minds: Otherwise, how would the EPA, DOE, DOD and countless other federal agencies operate with the flawless precision and efficiency for which they are so well known?

 

[Texanmike]

Here are the states' rankings for graduate degree holders:

1. Washington, D.C.: 23.6 percent
2. Massachusetts: 14.5 percent
3. Maryland: 14.1 percent
4. Connecticut: 13.7 percent
5. Virginia: 12.9 percent
6. New York: 12.6 percent
7. Vermont: 12.3 percent
8. Colorado: 11.5 percent
8. New Jersey: 11.5 percent
10. New Mexico: 11.0 percent
11. Illinois: 10.6 percent
12. New Hampshire: 10.5 percent
13. Washington: 10.1 percent
13. California: 10.1 percent
15. Rhode Island: 9.9 percent

See any Red States on the list?

Starsplash: Where are all the educated people

Who gets a graduate degree has very little to do with the intelligence of a person. I know that you know better than this. Are they getting degrees in fields that require a graduate degree? A lot of liberal arts degrees require a masters (or PHD) to be worth anything. Take a history degree for example... You can't do much more than teach HS and maybe work as a curator at a crappy museum with a history degree. Degrees in art history are about the same. Political science? Psychology? Same thing. English majors? Same thing.

And is it surprising that an educational system which is predominantly liberal produces liberal people? What percentage of engineers and doctors are conservative/liberal/libertarians?

It is remarkable how biased people are about their political leanings and it is idiotic to throw a study like this out and act as if it means anything.

Mike

The standard answer to your question, which I took the liberty to emphasize, is 6%.

You really should drop by more often, if you did you'd know the answers to questions like that...

LOL. Are you saying that 94% of engineers don't care?

Mike

 

[flacaltenn]

Graduate degrees in what? Liberal Sciences?

Fuckin' fail.

According to a Pew poll, only 6% of U.S. scientists are Republican, while 55% are Democrat and 32% are Independent.

Do Sociologists = Scientists?



I think not.

He's still pushing that crap? It's a magazine readership poll.. ONE MAGAZINE. With a high college professor subscription level..

Why do all of you follow his "leadership" in these threads? Aren't you tired of rope-a-dope yet? Hell most of these threads end up being orphans before they are out of diapers..