How the GOP became the party of less-educated whites — and Donald Trump

[guno]

Saw it coming with the teabaggers when Obama was elected and now it is coming full circle into a death spiral

Donald Trump declared in February that he loved "the poorly educated." And people with less formal education — generally less than a college degree — loved him back, helping him win the Republican presidential nomination.

It was an event in GOP history that has been a long time in the making.

It bears emphasizing at the top here that Americans as a whole have become more educated in recent decades, and both parties now have fewer voters with less formal education. But these voters have shifted much more to the GOP and remain a much bigger portion of the Republican pie today, relatively speaking.



The GOP's growing advantage among white voters, though, comes to an abrupt halt when you talk about whites with college degrees or more. In fact, Democrats have actually closed the gap among this group (the third graph), drawing even after trailing by as much as double digits in the 1990s and early 2000s.


How the GOP became the party of less-educated whites — and Donald Trump

 

[jknowgood]

Funny, the most ignorant person on this forum calling others uneducated. Thread fail.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

How the GOP became the party of less-educated whites

They realized the Dems were more interested in helping poorly educated illegal aliens.

 

[blackhawk]

Simply noting the irony here and moving on.

 

[the_human_being]

Is the OP claiming that the Black folks are supporting Trump? Blacks are the least educated. One cannot reasonably expect a Black person to obtain a photo voter ID.

 

[tinydancer]

My husband is the dude that brought back authenticity to GM after years away. Saturn and the way we made it was all about "make America great again"

My husband made it rock in the 90's.

 

[Pilate]

Literally a thinly veiled ad-hominem attack by none other than the Washington Post. "If you don't agree with us then you're dumb." Also, news flash: education is not directly correlated with intelligence.

 

[Penelope]

Saw it coming with the teabaggers when Obama was elected and now it is coming full circle into a death spiral

Donald Trump declared in February that he loved "the poorly educated." And people with less formal education — generally less than a college degree — loved him back, helping him win the Republican presidential nomination.

It was an event in GOP history that has been a long time in the making.

It bears emphasizing at the top here that Americans as a whole have become more educated in recent decades, and both parties now have fewer voters with less formal education. But these voters have shifted much more to the GOP and remain a much bigger portion of the Republican pie today, relatively speaking.



The GOP's growing advantage among white voters, though, comes to an abrupt halt when you talk about whites with college degrees or more. In fact, Democrats have actually closed the gap among this group (the third graph), drawing even after trailing by as much as double digits in the 1990s and early 2000s.


How the GOP became the party of less-educated whites — and Donald Trump

Interesting. The GOP always wanted to have their way and love the uneducated poor who worship them and want to be like them. There is no reason to think Trump would have anything at all in common with most of the members here, yet they will vote for him.

 

[Correll]

Saw it coming with the teabaggers when...p

I stopped reading here.

Only a complete asshole would be still beating that long dead horse at this time.