I've been reading a book about populism that argues that although the best educated are seldom populist, the populists aren't the worst - they are often people who couldn't afford the cost of higher education, but, on the whole, they aren't the very poorest either. They are, so the book argues, those who feel their communities are threatened by immigration and the advance of minorities, and they get more determined the more the 'elite' look down on them. As one who certainly looks down on them, I pass this on, for what it may be worth.
