Hillary Clinton won only 20 states, plus the District of Columbia, causing her to lose the Electoral College even as she won the popular vote. However, as noted in my prior post, the states Clinton won account for a disproportionate share of millionaires, and of professionals with taxable income between $200,000 and $1 million.
Clinton states are distinctive in another way: they account for more than their share of Americans with a bachelor’s degree. And, these Clinton states account for an even larger portion of Americans with a graduate degree. At the other end, Clinton states contain fewer than expected high school graduates with no college.
| Educational attainment | Clinton states’ share | Index |
| Less than HS | 44.1% | 101 |
| High school graduate | 39.1% | 89 |
| Some college | 42.3% | 96 |
| Associate’s degree | 42.9% | 98 |
| Bachelor’s degree | 48.3% | 110 |
| Master’s degree | 51.5% | 117 |
| Professional degree | 53.0% | 121 |
| Doctorate degree | 53.0% | 121 |
| Share of population | 43.9% |
*Includes District of Columbia but not Michigan. Based on the Census Bureau’s ACS survey for 2015. Clinton states are the 20 she had won as of November 28th.
In sum: wealthy states with an abundance of highly educated individuals went for Clinton. States where incomes trend low and graduate degrees are scarce went for Trump.
It could be that higher education has little correlation with real world smarts, and no connection with the duties and privileges of citizenship. It’s even easier to suppose that income has no relationship to either discernment, or the ability to identify and advance the nation’s interest.
Still, the facts are clear: now the poorer and less educated states will set the direction for the nation.
Let the Trump boobocracy begin.
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