Why Does Education Translate to Less Support for Donald Trump?

It's probably the biggest demographic story of this election: Hillary Clinton has made big gains with well-educated whites, particularly women. And Donald J. Trump has continued recent Republican gains in winning over less educated whites, particularly men . As Nate Cohn wrote in an article last month, education has replaced the culture wars as the defining electoral divide. But what exactly do we mean by "educated"? Some Upshot readers, responding to the article, suggested it was about intelligence — that college-educated people can see through Mr. Trump because they're smart. You must mean high I.Q. v. low I.Q. when you say 'college educated' v. working class. The truth is, we are talking about smart people against not-so-smart people. — Mike Barker of Arizona I wouldn't say that Hillary is "struggling" with less educated voters. I think the issue is that the world is more complex than it has ever been, and these voters don't understand our legal system, our electoral system, journalism, trade issues, the deficit, taxation, the Fed, NATO, the U.N., cyber espionage, immigration, counterterrorism, nuclear policy, diplomacy, the Geneva Conventions or the Constitution. — Jch of NY The I.Q. connection is purely speculative; no rigorous studies have been… Read full this story

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