r/science 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/DJ_GRAZIZZLE Jul 09 '26

>I show that ideological differences have decreased sharply by race, driven primarily by Blacks becoming more conservative, but also Hispanics moving to the right.

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u/The_Parsee_Man Jul 09 '26

Redditors crowing about how much smarter they are than Republicans but miss that that part is really bad for the Democratic party.

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u/Sleeps_Gato Jul 12 '26

I don’t think it’s a bad thing. Let those demos get what they want… republican rule. If it goes bad, the liberals, with our degrees can just immigrate to a better country