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Survey: 59% of Republicans Now Think College Is Bad for America
Only half of all Americans now have a positive view of colleges and universities, according to a new survey from Pew Research. The number of people who take a negative view has increased from 26 percent in 2012 to 38 percent in 2019.

The change largely reflects a growing dissatisfaction on the right with the culture of college campuses. The percentage of Republicans who see value in higher education has collapsed in recent years, from 53 percent in 2012 to just 33 percent in 2019.*

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Roughly eight-in-ten Republicans (79%) say professors bringing their political and social views into the classroom is a major reason why the higher education system is headed in the wrong direction (only 17% of Democrats say the same). And three-quarters of Republicans (vs. 31% of Democrats) point to too much concern about protecting students from views they might find offensive as a major reason for their views. In addition, Republicans are more likely than Democrats to say students not getting the skills they need to succeed in the workplace is a major reason why the higher education system is headed in the wrong direction (73% vs. 56%).
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Democrats who take a negative view of higher ed are most likely to cite rising costs as the issue.
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This is from a right-leaning publication, hence why they barely mention the fact that Democrats who viewed college negatively were concerned with costs rather than the fear of critical thinking and being introduced to different ideas. Those on the left have real issues with college when it comes to a lack of access to higher education, while right wingers are worried about "the culture" of college campuses.

:heh: Never underestimate the power of small-mindedness. These people are living in a fantasy world.
 
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Truckers voted for Trump in droves. Now they say his trade war is 'killing' their ability to make a living.
Morris Coffman has been a truck driver for 35 years. And he's been a conservative for even longer than that — his whole life.

"That said," Coffman told Business Insider, "[Trump] is absolutely a moron. His idiotic ideas will tank the economy even further."

Truckers, like Coffman, lean conservative. A Verdant Labs analysis of Federal Elections Commission data found that nearly three-quarters of truck drivers are Republican — one of the most conservative jobs in America, along with surgeons and farmers.

And truck drivers supported Trump in droves, according to an Overdrive magazine survey from 2016. About 75% said they planned to vote for Trump, up from 66% who supported Sen. Mitt Romney, the Republican presidential nominee in 2012.

But a sharp downturn in the trucking industry and a slew of tax changes have hampered their ability to make a living. And many connect those two trends to Trump's economic policies.

"He has not affected our business in a positive way," said one truck driver who asked to be quoted anonymously for fear their small business might suffer. "He's killing our business. If consumers aren't buying, then there is no demand. This really isn't about my political leanings — it's pure business."

Trump's tax reworking in 2017 led to many truck drivers having to pay hundreds in taxes this year, thanks to a change in per-diem laws. Dennis Bridges, an accountant who specializes in doing taxes for truckers, told Mother Jones in April that 75% of his clients saw an unusually large tax payment, and about 20% had to fork over more than $5,000.

Trump has previously catered to truckers, pledging to slash taxes to help their businesses. "America first means putting American truckers first," he said at a 2017 trucker event.

But truckers, including conservative ones, don't believe Trump has lived up to his promise.

"You can not bully your way to a good economy," Coffman said.
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Outstanding. Look at these a$$holes. Trump is a known conman, but they believed that he would look out for them and hurt the "other" people. But now that he did what we told them he would, suddenly it's a problem.

These idiots will line up by the millions to vote for a swindler again.
 
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Hey, if it's so hard and so dangerous, then how about not doing it?

He wasn't violent. He wasn't hurting anyone. He wasn't running away. And the ONLY crime they had accused him of was of selling individual cigarettes, and it's unclear whether any of them had even seen him do that?

So why did they have to take him down violently?

Most Western countries cops would never have done that. They would have just waited him out or let it go. Stupid to start a physical confrontation over nothing.
 
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