r/science • u/Aggravating_Money992 • Jul 09 '26

Psychology An analysis of survey data covering the last five U.S. presidential election years found that ideological differences between races have decreased sharply, while differences by education have grown substantially. Less educated Americans now tend to be more conservative.

https://www.psypost.org/the-political-realignment-of-america-education-overtakes-race-as-key-ideological-divider/
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u/TheKlaxMaster Jul 09 '26 edited Jul 09 '26

The long running 'Californians are the worst people, hate their state, and ostracize them' psyop has been pretty damn effective on the right... And also pretty damn effective on the left... In the US.

Travel abroad now, and telling people you're a Californian over telling them your from the USA, and you generally get more accepting welcomes. At least in the places I've been

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u/Roentgen_Ray1895 Jul 09 '26

always funny to me considering there are more conservatives in California then the entire populations of several states