Roughly eight years ago, then-candidate Donald Trump won a nominating contest in Nevada, after which the Republican boasted about the scope of his support in the state. “We won the evangelicals, we won with young, we won with old, we won with highly educated, we won with poorly educated,” the future president said, adding, “I love the poorly educated.” That quote came to mind reading the results of the latest national polling on voters, candidates, and media consumption.
On the contrary, he was being quite literal: Among voters who rely on newspapers, Biden leads Trump, 70% to 21% — a 49-point margin. Meanwhile, when voters are broken down by their media habits, he former president’s strongest constituency is those who don’t follow current events at all, with whom Trump enjoys a 26-point advantage. Of course, this matters for a handful of reasons, none of which have anything to do with mockery.