Nate Sliver confirms what any of us that tries to engage with a Democrat already knew: it's the party of losers. While they claim Democrats are more highly educated than Republicans, the part they leave out is the highly educated losers party. The party is dominated by college-educated workers at Casey's.
Based on this grid, what is the most Democratic voting group in America? It's voters with postgraduate degrees but lower-to-middle household incomes of $30K to $60K per year.
This is very much also the sweet spot for the DSA. In the group's most recent member survey in 2021, 80 percent of members aged 25 or older had bachelor's degrees, but 45 percent had household incomes below $60,000 per year.
This is unusual, because education and income are usually substantially positively correlated. In the composite CES data, only 19 percent of Americans with bachelor's degrees or higher had household incomes of $60K or below. The DSA rate is around twice that.4 These voters aren't necessarily "blue collar" in the sense of working with their hands. But that doesn't mean they're privileged. Common occupations among DSA members include teachers, non-profit workers, social workers, and public sector employees.
All kidding aside, this explains a lot. Didn't Earn It, Karenification, focus on "social justice," etc., has reduced to academic rigor of so many universities in favor of "activism." Practically this means more stupid people are admitted, rewarded, and graduated, but outside of the safety of the Didn't Earn It academic bubble, they cannot succeed. Since their perceived success was solely based on blaming others, it is natural this would extend to post-graduate life and perpetuate professional victimhood.
Based on this grid, what is the most Democratic voting group in America? It's voters with postgraduate degrees but lower-to-middle household incomes of $30K to $60K per year.
This is very much also the sweet spot for the DSA. In the group's most recent member survey in 2021, 80 percent of members aged 25 or older had bachelor's degrees, but 45 percent had household incomes below $60,000 per year.
This is unusual, because education and income are usually substantially positively correlated. In the composite CES data, only 19 percent of Americans with bachelor's degrees or higher had household incomes of $60K or below. The DSA rate is around twice that.4 These voters aren't necessarily "blue collar" in the sense of working with their hands. But that doesn't mean they're privileged. Common occupations among DSA members include teachers, non-profit workers, social workers, and public sector employees.
All kidding aside, this explains a lot. Didn't Earn It, Karenification, focus on "social justice," etc., has reduced to academic rigor of so many universities in favor of "activism." Practically this means more stupid people are admitted, rewarded, and graduated, but outside of the safety of the Didn't Earn It academic bubble, they cannot succeed. Since their perceived success was solely based on blaming others, it is natural this would extend to post-graduate life and perpetuate professional victimhood.