This Is a Really Big Deal’: How Are American College Towns Are Decimating the Republican Party.
A Growing population in the USA highly educated enclaves has led to huge gains for the Democratic Party. And the GOP is scrambling for answers.
Politico reports the Spring elections in Wisconsin are typically low turnout affairs, but in April, with the nation watching the state’s bitterly contested Supreme Court race, voters turned out in record-breaking numbers.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/07/21/gop-college-towns-001…
Meanwhile, AP reports: The U.S. Department of Education has opened an investigation into Harvard University's policies on legacy admissions, which give an edge to applicants with family ties to alumni.
Top colleges' preferential treatment of children of alumni, who are often white, has been facing new scrutiny since the Supreme Court last month struck down the use of affirmative action as a tool to diversify college campuses.
https://apnews.com/article/legacy-admissions-harvard-affirmative-action…