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Donald Trump’s surge is all about less-educated Americans
Washington Post ^ | 7/27/2015 | Janell Ross

Posted on 07/28/2015 6:43:56 AM PDT by GoneSalt

In the last few weeks, Americans (and the media) have watched in awe as a New York real estate magnate prone to bellicose behavior and hyperbole has become the GOP's leading candidate for the White House.

But how did this come to be? A lot of it has to do with education.

Trump's support is strongest with Republicans in the Midwest, conservatives across the country who do not have a college degree and (perhaps not surprisingly) those who report the most negative views of immigration and Mexican immigrants in particular, according to a Washington Post-ABC News poll released last week.

To be clear, the poll found that 60 percent of all Americans support the idea of offering undocumented immigrants currently in the United States some form of legal status, and 57 percent told pollsters they believe that immigrants strengthen the country. But there are plenty of people who see things differently. And those people appear to be concentrated among whites, Republicans and those with lower levels of education.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


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So now, you're not only fascists, racists, crazies, and clowns, yer also ignerint.
1 posted on 07/28/2015 6:43:56 AM PDT by GoneSalt
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To: GoneSalt

Well it was you and your ‘RAT comrades who dumbed them down, Janell. Congratulations!!! Dummy!


2 posted on 07/28/2015 6:45:02 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (America Matters!)
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To: GoneSalt

Hey turnabout’s fair play.


3 posted on 07/28/2015 6:45:09 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: GoneSalt

Wow. Pulling out all the stops.

Do we have cooties, too?


4 posted on 07/28/2015 6:45:16 AM PDT by samtheman (Trump/Cruz '16)
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To: GoneSalt

Whereas Democrap voters are sooo intelligent (snort)


5 posted on 07/28/2015 6:46:11 AM PDT by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: GoneSalt

All I had to read was the headline.

I refuse to read the article.

Nope.


6 posted on 07/28/2015 6:46:34 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (I'm fed up.)
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To: GoneSalt
Janell Ross is a reporter for The Fix who writes about race, gender, immigration and inequality.
Sure; no agenda there.


7 posted on 07/28/2015 6:47:21 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: GoneSalt

If ignorance is why the writer believes Trump is doing well then she’s the one without a clue.


8 posted on 07/28/2015 6:47:54 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: GoneSalt

now tell me about that 99% group that voted for Obama....all college educated??


9 posted on 07/28/2015 6:47:59 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: GoneSalt

The media is going crazy. They tried to trash Trump as they always do to Republicans who pose a threat to their
stranglehold on power. Didn’t work. They don’t know what to do. They’re going to have to go back to his third grade records to “find out” that he bullied a girl.


10 posted on 07/28/2015 6:48:02 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country)
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

consider the source> Washington ComPost.


11 posted on 07/28/2015 6:48:44 AM PDT by Texas Fossil (Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!)
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To: GoneSalt

Call me stupid. That’s the way to steer my vote, LOL.


12 posted on 07/28/2015 6:49:03 AM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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To: GoneSalt

LOL…the elites at the Washington Compost, who all voted for Obama twice, have nothing to brag about when it comes to intelligence. This colossal failure wouldn’t have been re-elected if the suffering Middle Class had been the only voters in 2012.


13 posted on 07/28/2015 6:49:12 AM PDT by txrefugee
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To: I want the USA back

Imagine if they vetted Obama in this manner?


14 posted on 07/28/2015 6:49:30 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: GoneSalt

Would they say that about Obama voters too?


15 posted on 07/28/2015 6:49:40 AM PDT by LibFreeUSA
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To: GoneSalt

I really didn’t need to look her up on the web but I did. Oy!


16 posted on 07/28/2015 6:49:40 AM PDT by Original Lurker
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To: samtheman
The author:

Surprised? You shouldn't be...


17 posted on 07/28/2015 6:49:44 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: Olog-hai
Gee, cute and dumb in the same package.


18 posted on 07/28/2015 6:50:00 AM PDT by Louis Foxwell (This is a wake up call. Join the Sultan Knish ping list.)
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To: GoneSalt

“Janell Ross is a reporter for The Fix who writes about race, gender, immigration and inequality.”

Another snobbish millennial social-justice warrior that thinks that snark is a credible way to present an “argument”.


19 posted on 07/28/2015 6:50:13 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: GoneSalt

Best New Headline so far today . . .


20 posted on 07/28/2015 6:50:27 AM PDT by ßuddaßudd (>> F U B O << "What the hell kind of country is this if I can only hate a man if he's white?")
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