Breaking News: Study Shows That Uneducated Republicans Are Not Very Smart

December 18, 2016 By: Juanita Jean Herownself Category: Uncategorized

Last week, a national poll asked over 1,000 Americans who won the national vote and who won the electoral college.

screen-shot-2016-12-18-at-3-51-50-pmRoughly 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.

 

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