Well admittedly the article was written with a political focus, on socially defined groups and their proclivities toward political party and this election, but I was speaking overall about socio-cultural and political awareness, and of the two groups highlighted as being on opposite sides of the party support ratio, college educated women and non college educated (burly) men, I would say from my own anecdotal experience that the former are more cognizant of social issues in general and even (maybe to a lesser contrast) politics and current events than the later group. I have worked in factories and warehouses, and I have been to college and worked with people the vast majority of which are degree holders, so again it’s very anecdotal I suppose, but those are my reasons. I’ve been in the factory lunch room where the guys (and that’s what they were, women weren’t excluded but did not apply) frequently brought up some current event or ranted about politics, but that was just conversation and rarely ever a focus. When Trump brings up a phrase ‘lockeroom talk’, I would contend that’s a real phenomenon. Boys will be boys. The current state of geopolitical affairs does not dominate.
“More cognizant?” Don’t you think the value of that cognizance should be qualified before counting it in the “win column?” Indeed, one criticism of women by men is concern for that which is ultimately ephemeral (cf. price of clothing).