Voters' degree divide widens even as college gets cheaper

The election showed voters are increasingly split by education level and angry about the economy even as college costs ease.

The election showed voters are increasingly split by education level and angry about the economy even as college costs ease.

By the numbers: College graduates made up 43% of the electorate, and 55% voted for Vice President Harris, per exit polls. 56% of voters without ...

A commencement ceremony at Rutgers University in New Jersey, one of several Democratic states where four-year tuition costs exceed the ...

The gap between how college graduates and non-college graduates voted was even wider than the past two presidential elections, ...

... voters with and without college degrees increasingly differ on economic priorities and political alignment. While the net cost of college ...

Democrats have long prided themselves as the party of the little guy. But Trump's victory saw working-class voters continue to flock from ...

Republicans hold wide advantages in party identification among several groups of voters, including white men without a college degree, people ...

Readers discuss a David Brooks column about how the less educated are being left behind.

The key division in this emerging coalition is education. Voters without college degrees tilt far more Republican than those with them.

The majority of students (58%) — including 86% of Democrat students — support Kamala Harris replacing Joe Biden as the Democratic presidential ...

Past elections have led to a host of new rules for colleges and universities. Getty Images. The fight for control of the White House and ...

This memo looks at Americans' mindset on three key questions: Is college worth it? Is student debt cancellation actually popular? Are colleges ...

Republicans and Democrats are more divided along ideological lines than at any point in the previous two decades. But there are also growing ...

Democrats have long struggled to reach voters without a college education. That growing blind spot played an important role in Harris' loss.

The legal imbroglios of Donald Trump have lately dominated conversation about the 2024 election. As primary season grinds on, ...

In August of last year, President Biden announced an ambitious plan to wipe out more than $400 billion of student loan debt for the nation's ...

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While Republicans have held relatively steady since 2008 with urban and suburban voters, they have made considerable gains in rural America.

"It is far better to be born rich and white than smart and poor in America," reads a recent report from Georgetown University.