From the AP, re: the West Virginia primary:

Nearly one in four of all ballots were cast by voters 60 and older, and a similar number by West Virginians with no education beyond high school. More than half the voters were in families with incomes of $50,000 or less. Clinton has done particularly well in primaries to date among older, less well-educated and lower-income families.

I feel like I often hear statistics about “less well-educated” and “lower-income families.” And the popular theory is that Clinton won in Pennsylvania because of “white, working-class voters” who Obama is having a difficult time attracting. So I guess my question is … is this all the same group? Are we assuming that “less well-educated” sort of by default means “lower income?” And in turn, these both mean “white”? I would doubt that Hillary beats Obama among less well-educated, lower income blacks. And even if we assume that these voters are white, there are still two groups who are not being counted here … the less well-educated rich whites, and the well-educated poor whites. I wonder who those groups vote for?

It’s code, right? It’s the media’s way of saying that stupid people vote for Hillary. Now, this is not a slam on Hillary … she’s obviously well-educated, and I would think I’d probably be reading the same language if Obama was the candidate attracting the dolts. But I wonder if anyone involved in this fiasco — from the candidates to the television pundits — isn’t secretly passing judgment on this particular group of voters. It is difficult to reconcile the fact that, on one hand, the candidates will all say that they’re going to educate us and make us rich, but on the other hand, they appeal to poor and uneducated voters as being just as good as rich, educated voters. Which is it? Are they fine just the way they are, or should they change? I don’t really understand why politicians even bother to keep up the facade of good intentions anymore. I would bet you could get a pretty good percentage of the vote if you went before the American people and said you were going to take all the money out of the education budget and use it to pimp all our rides.