Las Vegas Sun

March 28, 2024

LETTER TO THE EDITOR:

Nation divided by education

According to wallethub.com, the 10 most-educated states are Massachusetts, Maryland, Connecticut, Colorado, Vermont, New Jersey, Virginia, New Hampshire, Minnesota and Washington, while the 10 least-educated are West Virginia, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Alabama, Kentucky, Oklahoma, Nevada, New Mexico and Tennessee.

The 20 senators from the 10 most-educated states are all Democrats. Of the 20 senators from the least-educated states, 15 are Republicans and five are Democrats. There is one Democrat from West Virginia, and two each from New Mexico and Nevada. And since I live in Nevada, I can state that the two Democratic senators were elected because the best educated outvoted the least educated.

The relationship described above could not happen by chance. This relationship makes it absolutely clear that the most-educated people in the United States vote for Democrats and the least educated vote for Republicans. Unfortunately, America is divided between the two groups, educated and uneducated.