Karl Rove Quotes


As people do better, they start voting like Republicans...unless they have too much education and vote Democratic


Context

When the Republican Party was first founded, they had a disproportionate share of educated people. This was generally true until the Great Depression and the Hoover administration. After the Republican “Southern Strategy in the 1960s, the “solid” Democratic South became Republicans and drove the party far to the right. The party leaders began to scorn intellectuals and scientists. By 2000, a large majority of the most educated Americans were voting Democratic rejecting the extremism of the then Republican Party.


Citations

Karl Rove, Presidential Assistant and Campaign Strategist (George W. Bush), Quoted in The New Yorker, February 19, 2001

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Karl Rove
Karl Rove
  • Born: December 25, 1950
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Political Consultant

Karl Christian Rove is an American Republican political consultant, policy advisor and lobbyist. He was Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff during the George W. Bush administration until his resignation on August 31, 2007. He has also headed the Office of Political Affairs, the Office of Public Liaison, and the White House Office of Strategic Initiatives.