re: suburban parents driving McAuliffe panic in Virginia

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Well, most Democrat voters have government jobs, work in education, or sit at home and collect a check from the government. It’s not exactly loaded with common sense people.

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This isn't true though.

For the first time in 2016, college-educated whites voted for Democrats over the Republicans. In 2020, college-educated white voters voted for the Democrats over Republicans by over 15 points. College-educated white voters earn more than non-college-educated white voters and most of them don't work in education or government.

For the first time ever in 2020, Republicans lost high-income voters to the Democrats. Among voters making over $100,000 a year, 56% of them voted for Biden and 43% voted for Trump.

That to me is insane. Republicans should not be losing college-educated white voters and high income voters. These are demographics that voted for Romney by over 10 points. Yet there was a 10-15 point swing between 2012 and 2016 and a 20 point swing in 2020 compared with 2012.