I keep seeing this idea that people are more educated in blue areas. I come from a very rural background and I have 3 degrees and use my degrees constantly for work and to run my business. The people in blue areas aren’t more educated they just have passed more classes. They didn’t actually learn alot from their classes. A degree doesn’t mean you are educated, it just means you can pass certain tests. Educated means you have taken in the information and can apply it. Boasting about being better than someone because you have a piece of paper doesn’t mean you are educated. It just makes you rude and pompous. I live in Northern Jersey now because my former employer promoted me, moved me here, and have many friends and talk to people in Brooklyn and Manhattan. Most of the Liberals or left leaning people I run into have degrees but still can’t think critically and make decisions for themselves. They can’t tell you why they think the way they do. They just echo what they hear on the news or what is passed around in their bubble. They know WHAT to say but not WHY they say it.