http://lobelog.com/foreign-policy-in-an-ignorant-democracy/#more-36752

Foreign Policy in an Ignorant Democracy

by Paul R. Pillar
Amid the voluminous post-election analysis based on exit polls, and the many observations about such things as how Hillary Clinton fared compared to Barack Obama among blacks or women, one demographic pattern sticks out at least as much as any other in characterizing the 2016 presidential race.  Support for Donald Trump was strongly correlated with low education.  Clinton did substantially better than Obama did in 2012 among college graduates, including white college graduates.  Conversely, a majority of those with no college degree went for Trump even though they mostly supported Obama in both of his races and even though all voters with incomes under $50,000 continued to give majority support this year to the Democratic candidate.  It was with good reason that Trump openly proclaimed during the campaign that he loves the poorly educated. http://lobelog.com/foreign-policy-in-an-ignorant-democracy/#more-36752