First the bottom 15
35 Ohio 45.17 34 24
36 Arizona 43.43 32 38
37 Idaho 42.97 30 46
38 Indiana 40.74 40 17
39 Texas 39.11 43 15
40 South Carolina 36.52 39 45
41 New Mexico 36.11 38 49
42 Oklahoma 35.58 41 35
43 Tennessee 35.52 42 31
44 Nevada 32.84 44 37
45 Kentucky 31.80 46 26
46 Alabama 31.33 45 40
47 Arkansas 27.18 47 34
48 Louisiana 22.96 48 47
49 West Virginia 21.71 50 42
50 Mississippi 21.06 49 50
That's a surprise, nobody saw that coming.
Top 15
1 Massachusetts 81.92 1 1
2 Maryland 76.54 3 2
3 Connecticut 71.90 4 9
4 Vermont 71.14 6 3
5 Colorado 70.17 2 23
6 Virginia 69.37 7 5
7 New Hampshire 68.28 5 13
8 Minnesota 66.28 8 14
9 Washington 64.86 9 11
10 New Jersey 64.60 10 10
11 Utah 64.58 11 8
12 New York 57.44 18 16
13 Illinois 56.89 17 19
14 Delaware 56.08 24 6
15 Oregon 55.77 12 39
Nobody saw that coming either.
https://wallethub.com/edu/most-educated-states/31075/
Thing is that you can actually sort this for Trump v Clinton margin of victory and get a similar list.
More research
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/education-not-income-predicted-who-would-vote-for-trump/
35 Ohio 45.17 34 24
36 Arizona 43.43 32 38
37 Idaho 42.97 30 46
38 Indiana 40.74 40 17
39 Texas 39.11 43 15
40 South Carolina 36.52 39 45
41 New Mexico 36.11 38 49
42 Oklahoma 35.58 41 35
43 Tennessee 35.52 42 31
44 Nevada 32.84 44 37
45 Kentucky 31.80 46 26
46 Alabama 31.33 45 40
47 Arkansas 27.18 47 34
48 Louisiana 22.96 48 47
49 West Virginia 21.71 50 42
50 Mississippi 21.06 49 50
That's a surprise, nobody saw that coming.
Top 15
1 Massachusetts 81.92 1 1
2 Maryland 76.54 3 2
3 Connecticut 71.90 4 9
4 Vermont 71.14 6 3
5 Colorado 70.17 2 23
6 Virginia 69.37 7 5
7 New Hampshire 68.28 5 13
8 Minnesota 66.28 8 14
9 Washington 64.86 9 11
10 New Jersey 64.60 10 10
11 Utah 64.58 11 8
12 New York 57.44 18 16
13 Illinois 56.89 17 19
14 Delaware 56.08 24 6
15 Oregon 55.77 12 39
Nobody saw that coming either.
https://wallethub.com/edu/most-educated-states/31075/
Thing is that you can actually sort this for Trump v Clinton margin of victory and get a similar list.
More research
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/education-not-income-predicted-who-would-vote-for-trump/
