why is that important?!
Well, it is not important if all you’re looking at is knowledge or wisdom, as you said.
How would you think about the article differently if it used % of population instead of percent of college grads/non grads?
There are many more non grads that grads. in the population. So Trump’s 40% is larger than they make it appear. His overall appeal is wayyyyy bigger than they want to allow people to think.
Actually there are two things I find abhorrent about these types of polls (and thanks for the reply btw)
1. Politics by demographics is a method of manipulation, ie, women think this or blacks think that. In fact, women think all sorts of ways as do blacks. Dividing us up into subgroups is a tool to direct the discussion and/or policy.
2. Polls themselves are deceptive, or rather can be used to steer public opinion. If 80% of the people think A then I must be nuts to think B, when really B is the more logical position. We see this all the time.
Naturally, it's important that leaders be able to judge the mood and wishes of the people but far too often polls are used as a means towards an end, that is not merely to gauge what people are thinking but rather to tell people how to think.
And that's why I think we give far too much credence to this twisted alchemy.