As long as Democrats continue to bifurcate the electorate by education, they will miss the point. The division isn't on educational grounds (that tells you very little), but on whether you 'do' things for a living or you push paper. Builders, engineers, doctors, welders, carpenters, truck drivers, farmers, mechanics, business people of l…
As long as Democrats continue to bifurcate the electorate by education, they will miss the point. The division isn't on educational grounds (that tells you very little), but on whether you 'do' things for a living or you push paper. Builders, engineers, doctors, welders, carpenters, truck drivers, farmers, mechanics, business people of large and small businesses, pilots, fisherman, loggers, cops, soldiers......are overwhelmingly conservatively orientated. Social workers, clerks, office managers, human resource types, computer clerks, artists, salespeople, and anyone on the government tit like academics and employees of the government.....are overwhelmingly democrats. Now ask yourself where these occupations predominate---in urban metropolises or small cities and towns. It doesn't take a college degree (which doesn't dispense intelligence, civility, reason, or wisdom), to figure this out. Confirmation is found on these political maps, especially those that break it down by county.
Very astute observation here. I haven't been able to nail it down like you just did, but this is it exactly. Example: let's just say my husband and I aren't in need of money but we certainly aren't part of some "educated" set. (I have a useless B.A. I've never used) We own a physical business and we got there because he worked in a physical job for 25 years, gaining expertise in that area. We are working-class voters. We always will be. We "idnetify" with our own people no matter the income or education.
As long as Democrats continue to bifurcate the electorate by education, they will miss the point. The division isn't on educational grounds (that tells you very little), but on whether you 'do' things for a living or you push paper. Builders, engineers, doctors, welders, carpenters, truck drivers, farmers, mechanics, business people of large and small businesses, pilots, fisherman, loggers, cops, soldiers......are overwhelmingly conservatively orientated. Social workers, clerks, office managers, human resource types, computer clerks, artists, salespeople, and anyone on the government tit like academics and employees of the government.....are overwhelmingly democrats. Now ask yourself where these occupations predominate---in urban metropolises or small cities and towns. It doesn't take a college degree (which doesn't dispense intelligence, civility, reason, or wisdom), to figure this out. Confirmation is found on these political maps, especially those that break it down by county.
Very astute observation here. I haven't been able to nail it down like you just did, but this is it exactly. Example: let's just say my husband and I aren't in need of money but we certainly aren't part of some "educated" set. (I have a useless B.A. I've never used) We own a physical business and we got there because he worked in a physical job for 25 years, gaining expertise in that area. We are working-class voters. We always will be. We "idnetify" with our own people no matter the income or education.