Republican Voters Resemble Social Democrats

From The Economist:

There are any number of reasons for the Republican Party’s defeat on November 4th. But high on the list is the fact that the party lost the battle for brains. Barack Obama won college graduates by two points, a group that George Bush won by six points four years ago. He won voters with postgraduate degrees by 18 points. And he won voters with a household income of more than $200,000—many of whom will get thumped by his tax increases—by six points. John McCain did best among uneducated voters in Appalachia and the South.

From a Swedish perspective, it’s fun to see how Social Democrats act as if they had anything in common with Barack Obama. All studies show that it’s the people voting socialist in Sweden are as rural, uneducated and socially conservative as those voting Republican in America. It has been a tradition among Social Democrats to favour leaders with no education to attract unscholarly voters. The Republican Party should avoid doing the same mistake if they want to win back the intelligentsia.