Brain Drain

Democrats may have gotten their brains beaten out last year, but it’s Republicans who are experiencing a brain drain. Educated Americans are horrified by Donald Trump. He is not just oblivious to facts but proud of it. “We won with poorly educated,’’ Trump said after the Nevada caucuses last year. “I love the poorly educated.’’ Meanwhile, the drift of educated voters away from the Republican Party is accelerating. It’s well established that Trump won because of a surge of support among white rural and working class voters. What’s less well known is his weakness among affluent white suburban voters who used to be the Republican Party’s base. The chairman of the Harris County, Texas (Houston) Republican Party called 2016 “an anomaly of an election’’ because “a lot of traditional Republicans would not vote for Trump.’’ They were appalled, not just by the fact that Trump was so uninformed, but also by his coarseness and vulgarity. Trump may be rich, but he has no class. The education gap has been growing for some time. In 2012, Republican Mitt Romney carried non-college educated whites by 25 points and whites with a college degree by 14. In 2016, Trump’s margin among non-college whites increased to 39 points while shrinking to a near tie among college-educated whites (49 percent for Trump, 45 percent for Hillary Clinton). As President, Trump continues to appall educated voters. They’re certainly not proud of the new President. They find him embarrassing and shameful. The Speaker of the British House of Commons says he is opposed to inviting Trump to address parliament when the new President makes a state visit to London this year. “I feel very strongly that our opposition to racism and sexism and our support for equality before the law and an independent judiciary are hugely important considerations in the House of Commons,’’ the Speaker said. If President Trump is invited to speak, some members of parliament are threatening to boycott. How embarrassing is that? The latest CNN poll shows the President with just 38 percent approval among college-educated whites. President Trump is doing everything he can to drive them away. His disdain for facts — like his claim, with no evidence, that as many as five million fradulent votes were cast for Clinton last year, and his assertion that the press is covering up news of terrorist attacks — is generating alarm and disgust among well-informed Americans. Critics call Trump a “bullshit artist’’ — someone for whom facts are irrelevant. Scientists are planning a march on Washington on Earth Day to protest the President’s disdain for scientific knowledge on issues like climate change and vaccine safety. A group of prominent tech firms — including Uber, Netflix and Trump’s favorite, Twitter — have filed a joint legal brief calling Trump’s immigration order discriminatory. Over 900 career diplomats signed a “memo of dissent’’ protesting the order. The legal community was appalled when Trump attacked the federal judge who blocked the order, calling him “this so-called judge.’’ The President […]

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