The Education Message in These Election Results

Take this degree and shove it?

As a recovering political reporter, I spent Election Night hiding in my basement art studio, painting a still life and squinting every half hour to see Donald Trump rack up some more electoral votes on my laptop. Conventional political wisdom told us that a convicted felon, who allegedly incited violence rather than leave the White House quietly last time, could not be returned for four more years by an educated electorate. When I covered presidential politics as an ABC News reporter, back in the 80s and 90s, that would have been unthinkable. (To read this post go to my Substack column.)