Why are educated voters less likely to support Trump than non-educated?

[SingingAnalyst]

Lots of good reasons mentioned in this thread I think. The correlation, state-by-state (weighing each state equally and counting DC as a state) between the percentage of residents 25 and older with a bachelor's degree or higher, and the percentage of voters who voted Trump, is a jaw-dropping -0.85.

[SingingAnalyst]

I thought that education was mandatory in the US. Presumably there aren't many voters who have no schooling...

(Though the idea that formal education is synonymous with education in and of itself is not at all reflective of a biased, prejudiced, and dare I say, uneducated mind, obviously.)

Usually, when people say that someone is "uneducated", they mean someone who goes to school just so that they can get a job and not to expand their knowledge and when people say that someone is "educated" they mean someone who reads a lot of books, does a lot research, engages in scientific, political, and economic discussion, etc.

I think that is a good point. I don't know of any surveys that distinguish between "trade school" graduates, those who obtain a degree simply because it is needed for their job, and those genuinely interested in furthering their liberal education-- in terms of voting behavior, for instance.