Posted by Jed Lewison on Fri Feb 15, 2008 at 5:13 PM Pacific

Talking heads

Chris Matthews seems to have gotten the "college educated" vs. "non-college educated" memo. He bloviated on Hardball about "down-scale Democrats", asking why aren't more non-grads showing up to vote? Susan Page agreed with him, saying they just aren't excited. Advantage Obama, they both concluded.

Problem is, I don't think they are right. Based on numbers I ran for exit polls from Iowa through Super Tuesday, 58% of voters in Democratic primaries and caucuses didn't have a college degree. In 2004, 58% of voters didn't have a college degree. By the way, 53% of those voters went with George W. Bush.

Talking heads

Chris Matthews seems to have gotten the "college educated" vs. "non-college educated" memo. He bloviated on Hardball about "down-scale Democrats", asking why aren't more non-grads showing up to vote? Susan Page agreed with him, saying they just aren't excited. Advantage Obama, they both concluded.

Problem is, I don't think they are right. Based on numbers I ran for exit polls from Iowa through Super Tuesday, 58% of voters in Democratic primaries and caucuses didn't have a college degree. In 2004, 58% of voters didn't have a college degree. By the way, 53% of those voters went with George W. Bush.

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