The website AMAC, aimed at senior citizens, takes another look at the New York Times/Siena College poll numbers. Hat tip to RealClearPolitics for the link. See what author Daniel Berman found.
There is one demographic breakdown that does provide a clear differentiation in Biden’s popularity. Among voters without a bachelor’s degree, Joe Biden was down 35%-60%. Among those who had received a bachelor’s degree, Joe Biden had a net positive approval rating, 47%-45%.
One thing which is relevant to the increasingly dominant role of education is that the new culture wars do not actually seem to be built around policy differences. While there is some correlation between degree attainment and “social issue” positions, it is small and seems to be more correlated with age.
The obvious conclusion is that what we are seeing is a new type of identity politics, whereby the Democrat Party is winning voters with bachelor’s degrees because it is messaging to those voters that their education means they should vote Democrat. It is a new type of class solidarity.
This may also explain the solidarity within the media and the federal civil service, including those at the DOJ and FBI, when it comes to Donald Trump and U.S. politics.
This is not the product of some “Deep State” conspiracy. The trouble is much simpler. Those positions draw almost entirely from a demographic on one side of the great cultural chasm which divides politics in the 2020s, and we should expect them to behave homogenously as a result.
As a conservative Ph.D. I am a "class traitor" and have been for decades. I do side with the working class on most policy issues.
