Apparently diversity, and presumably equity and inclusion, are not barriers to a 'strikingly better education' and the merit derived from such. And if only 26.6% of GOP districts attain bachelor degrees that leaves 73.4% of people in those districts, realistically a mix of GOP and Dems, open to the resentments and hostilities that DEI represents to them.
But wouldn't the DEI pendulum swing to helping, including, white, male, heterosexual, Anglo Saxons, when they appear to have dwindling representation in colleges and corporations? It's certainly arguable that it might work that way, and equally arguable that it would be hypocritical if it wasn't made to work that way.
Related to these shifts have been dramatic demographic changes. In just a decade, Democratic-voting districts have become strikingly better educated and more diverse.
For example, Democratic-voting districts have seen their share of adults with at least a bachelor’s degree rise from 28.4% in 2008 to 35.5%. For their part, Republican districts have barely increased their bachelor’s degree attainment beyond 26.6% and have meanwhile become notably whiter and older.
Today, therefore, neither party represents the same types of places it did just 10 years ago. As such, the Democratic Party is now anchored in the nation’s booming, but highly unequal, metro areas, while the GOP relies on aging and economically stagnant manufacturing-reliant rural and exurban communities.
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