Debating the memes

[GMDino]

(07-18-2017, 12:02 PM)TheLeonardLeap Wrote: We saw how inaccurate the polls on this election was, but I will tentatively point out this.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/2016-election/who-is-winning-the-presidential-election-so-far/

High school graduates or less: 45% vs 48% in favor of the Republicans.

I tried to find numbers that were just people who didn't graduate high school, but couldn't find them easily. That said, Democrats got 88% of the African American vote, who are the lowest in the nation at getting a high school degree at 69%. Hispanics voted 65% Democrat, and they are the second worst at graduating High School at 73%. Whites voted 58% Republican and graduated at a rate of 86%.
(http://www.governing.com/gov-data/education-data/state-high-school-graduation-rates-by-race-ethnicity.html)

Democrats also got 56% of the first time voters (40% for Republicans) and I can't imagine many people I would consider low educated more so than an 18-year-old. Lol

I'm not talking, personally, about people with degrees or even those who graduated.

My ex brother in law graduated high school, was an EMT and still believes Obama was born in Kenya.  That's what "low educated" means to me.  People who refuse to learn anything beyond the headline that reinforces their own opinion.