Why trump doing well in the very educated new england region?

[Mr. Morden]

Trump has won the college-educated vote in several states already.

Yes, when he wins big, he wins the college-educated vote.  But in almost every state (or maybe even every state?) he does better among those without a college degree than those with a college degree.

[Mr. Morden]

Here is Upshot’s writeup on “the geography of Trumpism”:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/13/upshot/the-geography-of-trumpism.html?_r=0

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They list the variables that most strongly correlate with a county voting for Trump, and the top ones are:

1) share of the population who are whites without a high school diploma
2) share of the population reporting ancestry as “American” on the census
3) share of the population living in mobile homes
4) preponderance of “old economy” jobs (agriculture, construction, manufacturing…)