"Uneducated White Voters" Interviewed. It's Really Bad

[Newest Reality]

Pakman breaks it down well and makes a point about how education makes a difference. I think it helps us to understand the problem in a more concise way. This will have an impact on the next election, of course.

CNN interviews a group of uneducated white women voters in swing states who voted for Donald Trump in 2016, and it's as bad as anyone could have imagined

[elleng]

1. they are.

repugs love them.

[brush]

2. This is why repugs always try to cut education budgets.

Keep 'em ignorant and unformed with no critical thinking skills and they'll always be vulnerable to repug lies and divisive wedge issues.

There was a post here yesterday that said some of these women were switching as trump has not lived up to his promises to bring back good factory jobs—plus he's been an embarrassing idiot.

[Newest Reality]

5. That's right!

He makes the same suggestion I do. If we want a better society, politics and representation we simply have to improve our education system all the way from Kindergarten up. We could then make some real progress.

Besides, we are in a highly technical era and this should be a matter-of-fact proposal. Children should be able to start to work with simple and basic critical thinking and logic at about mid-school at least, but I don't see why would couldn't start gearing them up earlier than that by stressing problem solving and inserting some ideas that they can then build on as they develop.

I am hoping that we will get to some point where there will be a referendum about this for both the impact it has on the culture and the outcomes in regards to our political scene. Children will also benefit by being able to think creatively and clearly as technology marches on. It is vital and important to the future.

[brush]

6. Agreed. Without continual innovation by a well educated public...and the good jobs...

new developments provide, a society will eventually be overtaken by a better educated one which does provide good education for it's citizens.

[NoMoreRepugs]

3. People who dont work have more money than me?

I truly feel sorry for her children if she has any.

[dixiechiken1]

4. Pakman reeeeally does a good job here.

Very interesting. Doesn't mean I don't still want to shake the ever loving sh*t out of those women (and their ilk), but very interesting nonetheless.

[Quixote1818]

7. Agreed. nt

[Quixote1818]

8. We need to educate them using simple math like Pakman does here with lots of ads

We just need to get to around 5% of them to make a huge difference.

[Doreen]

9. So, these "uneducated" people

vote for trump and give their reasons why. Their reasons are obviously reasons that one comes to from being uneducated.

I have a high school education and did several attempts at college and did not succeed in any of them.

Yet, I am able to make educated decisions on most issues. I read news articles, watch the news ( on both sides ), talk to people who are both highly educated, and ones who have my level of education.

What is the definition of uneducated voters? Is it uneducated by level of education in school/college or is it being uneducated by choice?



By the way, I figured it out on my own without looking information up that those monthly check increases were going to cost at tax time.

Maybe I am smarter than I think or maybe it is that I worked for Liberty Tax for 10 years.

Oh, yeah, my job with Liberty Tax was dressing up as Lady Liberty waving signs for the business.

[safeinOhio]

13. Education...

I went to yale for 4 years. I stole stuff because I didn't have a yob.

[David__77]

10. I don't like referring to people without a college degree as "uneducated."

...

[MarcA]

12. Agreed. There are many "educated" drumph supporters.

[PatSeg]

15. Same here

I don't have a college degree and neither do my children, but we are "educated" by choice. These people are willfully ignorant.

[cstanleytech]

17. Its more like they are willfully ignorant as these days there are any number of ways to learn

about current issues with our country without having to rely on being spoon fed the answers.

[Corgigal]

11. What middle aged white woman,

wants to be on tv under uneducated?

I’m thinking more likely tools. Someone got paid.

[markpkessinger]

16. I grew up in Pennsylvania -- these women are for real (even if terribly misguided)

This segment only confirms my view that it is an utter waste of time and resources -- and a losing strategy -- for the Democratic Party to go chasing after these voters. They're a lost cause. These folks will happily vote against their own interests before they are ever willing to admit to themselves that they were conned in 2016.

If there is a Democratic victory to be had in 2020, it will come from motivating younger voters, in large numbers, to show up at the polls. It will NOT come from attracting Trump voters!

[cstanleytech]

18. Completely agree. The focus the Democrats need to shift to is the minorities and get them to start

showing up to vote because if enough of them start showing up for every election it could change this entire country around.

[tomhagen]

14. Trump knew how to manipulate the gullible and frankly; Stupid people of America.

[cstanleytech]

19. To be fair thats not exactly a hard thing to do as its been done a number of times in a number of

countries as well and it probably will continue to happen long after we are all dead.