The results of the 2024 campaign and the election of Nov. 5, reveal that well-educated, wealthy secularists are not like the rest of us.
How so? Why?
In virtually every demographic group, Donald John Trump either won, or did better than he did in 2016, with the exception of this cadre of voters.
All the exit polls show that Trump beat Kamala Harris among men, whites, middle-aged voters, and seniors; she won with women, non-whites and young people.
But Trump won the white women’s vote, and the married women’s vote. Harris won among women who were not married.
Indeed, single women — those who never married or are widowed or divorced — always vote for the Democratic candidate.
Security is clearly an issue with these voters.
Regarding education, Harris won the college graduate vote and did even better among those with a postgraduate degree.
Trump did best with those who attended high school (or dropped out) and among those with some college or an Associate degree.
The effect that college has on one’s political views is a reflection of the liberal-left bias of the faculty; there are very few conservatives among the Professoriate.
Religion is another important factor.
Catholics and Protestants voted handily for Trump; Harris won the Jewish and the Muslim vote, also by wide margins.
Orthodox Jews voted for Trump but secular Jews, who are the majority, voted for Harris.
Muslims lean Democratic though in local elections, where gender ideology reigns in the schools, they turn to the Republicans.
Why, if Trump either won or did better than he did in 2016 with most segments of the population, did he fail with those who (a) have an income of $100,000 or more (b) possess a post-graduate degree and (c) are religiously unaffiliated?
Wealthy, well-educated persons don't have the same kinds of experiences that most Americans do.
They live in comfort, in low-crime areas, which means it's easy for them to exercise their virtue-signaling muscles: they show how much they care for the poor by voting for those who support generous welfare policies.
This allows them not to feel guilty about doing nothing for the poor themselves.
Having spent many more years in school than the rest of us, they're natural candidates for believing what their professors believe in — nothing.
Too smart to believe in God, they're obsessed with their own godly abilities.
While they don't believe in the mystery of faith, they are much more likely than the rest of us to believe that a man who says he is a woman is — bingo — a woman.
It’s time we stopped calling those with lots of degrees well-educated, even if many of them are. It would be more accurate to say they are well-schooled.
Moreover, it seems plain that there is an inverse correlation between education and common sense: the more years spent in school, the less common sense one is bound to have.
It’s also time we started importing more working class people from arond the world
We badly need more Americans with common sense.
Dr. Bill Donohue is president and CEO of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights. A former Heritage Foundation Bradley resident scholar, he's authored 11 books on civil liberties, social issues, and religion. He holds a Ph.D. in sociology from New York University. His new book, "Cultural Meltdown: The Secular Roots of Our Moral Crisis," was released in June, 2024. Read Bill Donohue's Reports — More Here.