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This education gap follows some geographic trends we've been following. it helps explain, for instance, why some of the most vulnerable republican districts have the highest education rates like the special election we're watching in the 6th district of georgia outside of atlanta. other areas where republicans have seen the most grow, men over the age of 50 up 5 points. rural voters also up five points. those between the ages of 50 and 64 are now 4 points more republican than 7 years ago. for the democrats there's been a seven-point jump in those making $30,000 to $50,000 per year, sort of sma...

Adoption rate in those homes when it comes to broadband. so if we are really serious about the african-american community closing the education gap, closing the income gap, then we have got to carry programs into these rural communities. i've been fighting for it ever since i've been here. if you look in the recovery act, you will see that i've inserted a formula in that act called 10-20-30. it was put into four parts of the ag bill that we had. >> sir, let me ask you this, because donald trump has met with all these african-american people so they can celebrate african-american history month....

Created some problems down the road because two things happened. number one, it meant that african-americans and other minority groups might have felt as if the problems that had built up over centuries, a wealth gap, an education gap and significant poverty that those things could be addressed overnight. on the other hand, among some white voters who sincerely were glad to see that the country had made this breakthrough there was also man an unrealistic notion that somehow, okay, discrimination is over. >> is there a third group that just didn't want a black president? >> undoubtedly so. no d...

Advantage among african-americans. 42 among latinos. if the electorate is diverse, trump's edge with whites won't be enough. in some states this helps more than others. hillary clinton, looking at the construct of the electorate, if it is more diverse than 2012, it is a path for a clinton victory. there are some things in the data that supports trump. if you look at the latinos, women and african-americans tharthat is a coalition if they turn out is favorable to clinton. >> we talked about the education gap among white voters. how does it look at the end and why does it matter so much? >> very...

The theme that he explodes this entire campaign with. >> i would say one thing the defining divide in this case is the education gap, is the class inversion. the agree to which hillary clinton is running so much better among college educated whites than blue collar whites. 20 points today in both "the washington post" and "new york times" cbs poll 20 points better than college whites than non-college whites. for them many of them the biggest hurdle for donald trump is his temperament. exactly episodes like this. while he does animate his mobilize his base i think he reinforces the problem that...