{"id":639773,"date":"2026-07-22T21:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T21:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=639773"},"modified":"2026-07-22T21:20:00","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T21:20:00","slug":"overeducated-liberals-with-worthless-degrees-are-dsas-sweet-spot-voter-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=639773","title":{"rendered":"Overeducated Liberals With Worthless Degrees Are DSA&#8217;s &#8220;Sweet Spot&#8221; Voter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Overeducated Liberals With Worthless Degrees Are DSA&#8217;s &#8220;Sweet Spot&#8221; Voter<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>Nate Silver identifies lower-income, highly educated voters as the core demographic of the Democratic Socialists of America, revealing a striking breakdown in the traditional relationship between education and higher income.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Income and education are usually positively correlated. But sometimes the relationship breaks down. What&#8217;s the most Democratic voting group in America? People with post-graduate degrees but lower-to-middle incomes,&#8221; Silver wrote on X.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">In today&#8217;s newsletter, I argue this is the sweet spot for the DSA. DSA members are *very* college-educated (80% BA+) but *not* particularly well-off (45% HHI incomes below $60K). Their class status is ambiguous. But they tend to be very liberal on culture as well as economics. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/yXAW5pVczi\">pic.twitter.com\/yXAW5pVczi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NateSilver538\/status\/2079571169556972021?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>One explanation: newly minted graduates burdened by student debt, holding low-value liberal arts and other worthless woke degrees, and working multiple service-sector jobs. The result is a cohort driven by progressive ideology but denied the prosperity they were promised, creating fertile recruiting ground for far-left movements.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/chaotic-bodycam-video-shows-trans-florida-student-confront-cop-over-misgendering-arrest\">Typical socialist voter&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">Oh my lord. \ud83e\udeea<\/p>\n<p>A student went off the rails because a police officer used the \u201cwrong pronouns.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Officer: \u201cHe\u2019s having a breakdown.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Student: \u201cSHE!!!!! SHE!!!!!! JUST SAY THE RIGHT PRONOUN!\u201d (screaming like a lunatic)<\/p>\n<p>We have a serious mental health crisis in this country, and\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kMF5GXfWB5\">pic.twitter.com\/kMF5GXfWB5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gina Milan (@ginamilan_) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ginamilan_\/status\/2078521106537836761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Some of these movements, including ones pushed by the DSA, aim to collapse the nation from within.<\/p>\n<p><a data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/HNeS8ArXAAApwzW.jpg?itok=vrzc7oR0\" data-link-option=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/HNeS8ArXAAApwzW.jpg?itok=vrzc7oR0\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"8aed4a41-846a-4abf-ada2-9f0486d5ff99\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" height=\"603\" width=\"500\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/HNeS8ArXAAApwzW.jpg?itok=vrzc7oR0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whether intentional or not, an education system increasingly influenced by Marxism is producing politically radical graduates with insurmountable debt, primed to demand sweeping economic change. It&#8217;s like the kids are being set up for failure even before stepping into a job.<\/p>\n<p>By contrast, voters with high school or partial college educations who secure well-paying, goods-producing jobs tend to lean more Republican. These folks don&#8217;t go through four to six years of woke indoctrination camps.<\/p>\n<p>Palantir CEO Alex Karp on Zohran Mandani recently said it best about educated socialist voters:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>The average Ivy League grad voting for this mayor is annoyed their education is not that valuable\u2014and that the person who knows how to drill for oil has a more valuable profession. <strong>That annoys the f*ck out of these people.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\">Palantir CEO Alex Karp on Zohran Mandani voters:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe average Ivy League grad voting for this mayor is annoyed their education is not that valuable\u2014and that the person who knows how to drill for oil has a more valuable profession.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat annoys the fuck out of these people.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/46r7RJLD9U\">https:\/\/t.co\/46r7RJLD9U<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GG689vn4rk\">pic.twitter.com\/GG689vn4rk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jawwwn (@jawwwn_) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jawwwn_\/status\/2079617495758229636?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 21, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The education system run by the left wing has massively failed young people. It is instead transforming them into Marxist activists intent on overthrowing America and capitalism &#8211; a trend evident in the rise of the DSA.<\/p>\n<p><a data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/GfYiv4hb0AAm2qp.jpg?itok=1336R0Ni\" data-link-option=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/GfYiv4hb0AAm2qp.jpg?itok=1336R0Ni\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"13aa0193-206d-43f0-80b0-868e7517bd5c\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" height=\"475\" width=\"500\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/GfYiv4hb0AAm2qp.jpg?itok=1336R0Ni\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is good news: Nancy Lazar, Piper Sandler&#8217;s chief global economist and head of the firm&#8217;s economics research team, recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/personal-finance\/bartenders-builders-data-centers-drive-americas-blue-collar-comeback\">published a note<\/a> stating that goods-producing jobs are returning due to reshoring and data center buildouts.<\/p>\n<p><a data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2026-06-21_17-20-43.png?itok=fIE9wg6p\" data-link-option=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2026-06-21_17-20-43.png?itok=fIE9wg6p\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"0535c442-b4fd-4541-b1e1-8938420e2871\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" height=\"215\" width=\"500\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/2026-06-21_17-20-43.png?itok=fIE9wg6p\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For parents focused on positioning their children to thrive, the traditional college pathway can no longer be treated as the default. Unless a degree provides a clear return on investment, technical training, skilled trades or direct entry into goods-producing industries may offer a stronger path to financial independence.<\/p>\n<p>Otherwise, why subject your kids to a four-year Marxist indoctrination camp, only for them to dye their hair purple, become weekend No Kings activists and work two jobs, one at Starbucks and the other as a cat walker?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><a title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/users\/tyler-durden\" lang=\"\" class=\"username\" xml:lang=\"\">Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\">Wed, 07\/22\/2026 &#8211; 17:20<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/HNeS8ArXAAApwzW.jpg?itok=vrzc7oR0\" title=\"Overeducated Liberals With Worthless Degrees Are DSA&apos;s \" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overeducated Liberals With Worthless Degrees Are DSA&#8217;s &#8220;Sweet Spot&#8221; Voter Nate Silver identifies lower-income, highly educated voters as the core demographic of the Democratic Socialists of America, revealing a striking breakdown in the traditional relationship between education and higher income. &#8220;Income and education are usually positively correlated. But sometimes the relationship breaks down. 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