David Wasserman of The Cook Political Report and NBC News observes:

Simply put, 2018 is on track to be the “Year of the Angry White College Graduate.” I’d estimate the college-educated share of the electorate will be around 43 or 44 percent next year, up from 39 percent in 2016. That’s dreadful news for Republicans: These voters have indicated the highest intensity of opposition to Trump in polls, and we’ve already seen them power Democrats to victory in Virginia and Alabama.


These voters are more riled up than at any point in recent memory. “Some of the most worrisome signs for Republicans have been the stark turnout differentials between red and blue precincts,” Wasserman warns. “In Virginia’s gubernatorial election, turnout was up 20 percent over 2013 in blue localities versus 13 percent in red localities. And in the six special congressional elections held in 2017, Democrats have averaged 71 percent of Clinton’s 2016 votes, while GOP candidates averaged just 55 percent of Trump’s 2016 performance.”

Those angry about President Trump and his assault on our values and democratic institutions might actually relish a meaty, important conversation that treats them like adults. They are fired up, but they are fired up about particular things— fiscal irresponsibility, incompetent government (with Congress rubber-stamping ideologically extreme and utterly unqualified people to powerful posts), the GOP’s harboring men credibly accused of a pattern of sexual assault (both Roy Moore and Trump), Trump’s international bellicosity (too often egged on by those in Congress, as with “decertifying” the Iran deal without a coherent next step), Trump’s attacks on the press and courts and the Trump family’s self-enrichment, to name just a few items. We’ve suggested Stop The Abusers is a fitting theme to attract voters distressed at the Trump administration’s abuse of power (and inability to address Trump’s alleged abuse of women).

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