Why Education Matters in Every Political Contest

The article is focused on Georgia’s Sixth District, today. It speaks volumes about the mediocre state of US education. Draw your own conclusions about a political party that gets little support from folks with more than a high school education.

These are the fifteen Congressional Districts in the whole of the United States with at least 50% of adults holding a college degree.


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2 thoughts on “Why Education Matters in Every Political Contest

  1. Whig says:

    “As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.” H.L. Mencken, Baltimore Evening Sun 26 July 1920, in an article entitled “Bayard vs. Lionheart (reprinted in the book “On Politics: A Carnival of Buncombe”)

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