How geography and religion drive America’s blue vs. red divide
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After Barack Obama’s 2012 victory, political commentators, including some Republicans, fixated on the racial divide. Democrats, they (wrongly) predicted, would win most elections in the future because voters of color were overwhelmingly backing them. The
past few years, education has replaced race as the explanation for everything. Journalists and officials in both parties at times speak as if every Democratic voter has a college degree and none of the Republicans do.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/05/28/political-identity-beyond-education-race/
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