Breaking News: Study Shows That Uneducated Republicans Are Not Very Smart
Last week, a national poll asked over 1,000 Americans who won the national vote and who won the electoral college.
Roughly a third of Americans think Trump won the popular vote. However, the breakdown is almost exactly, okay, totally exactly what you suspected.
Respondents’ correct understanding of the popular vote depended a great deal on partisanship. A large fraction of Republicans — 52 percent — said Trump won the popular vote, compared with only 7 percent of Democrats and 24 percent of independents. Among Republicans without any college education, the share was even larger: 60 percent, compared with 37 percent of Republicans with a college degree.
Being an educated Republican helps make you smarter, but only about half the time.
Look, I know there’s “experts” out there who say I should not make fun of dumb Republicans. There’s a difference between dumb and ignorant. Being dumb probably isn’t your fault. Being ignorant is 100% your own fault. Well, and Fox news.