To look at this politically, the more educated an American, from high school dropout through college graduate, the more likely they are to vote Republican-- a p

To look at this politically, the more educated an American, from high school dropout through college graduate, the more likely they are to vote Republican-- a pattern that flips dramatically at the very top. College grads are more likely to be GOP but folks with graduate degrees are fairly strongly Democratic. Even in the Democratic wave in 2008 this general pattern held true-- Obama only beat McCain by 2 points among college graduates, and it was the first time a modern Democrat candidate beat a Republican candidate among college graduates. http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/results/president/national-exit-polls.html http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/results/president/national...