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I’m going to try a different way of answering this than I usually do. Let’s see how I do…The questioner says that democrats are highly-educated. I agree. What is it about getting an education that tends to make one a democrat?Education takes place outside of the home. Often, outside of your community. It often takes place in another part of your state, or in another state, or sometimes in another country. The concept of “going away to college” is the first step. Going away to college means that you are leaving home, at least temporarily. Leaving home gives one a new look at the same problems that affect all people, but you get an opportunity to see them handled differently. This teaches you that there are different ways of looking at the same thing. You start to understand that things are not yes or no, black or white, straight or gay. You begin to challenge yourself with the concept of “It Depends…”When you leave home, you leave your parents. You have to either find new experts to tell you how to do things, or, you have to figure them out for yourself. This reaffirms your ability to evaluate circumstances and make the best decision possible at that moment. You become more independent.It isn’t just the world that introduces you to new things. You are in college, so you are being shown new things every day. You are exposed to ideas that aren’t like your own and asked to defend those ideas as if they were your own. Look at the concept of race. I came from a very small town. The town was 99.2% white. I am white. In that town, it is very difficult to gain any perspective on any race, other than your own. I didn’t know people of color because there were no people of color. When I went to away to college, I was thrust into situations where I now had the opportunity to form my own opinions on people who were different. These opinions didn’t develop in the vacuum of a small town. They developed in the presence of blacks and Mexicans; Asians and Europeans. I learned about them, from them. I met students who are gay. I learned that I could be friends with people unlike myself. I let them learn about me.Opening yourself to this experience broadens your mind. You learn to accept that there are more than two sides to every argument. You can hold more than one position, depending on circumstances. Your instructor might be right today, but wrong tomorrow.Very important here: you are taught to evaluate facts and data. You are introduced to the scientific method. You learn to interpret data and form opinions based upon those facts. You learn that opinion is not equal to fact. You learn to ask for facts before you form your opinions.For fun, I take all of the surveys that the Trump administration puts out. Because I have been educated in the science of social surveys, I can see the tricks that his people use to influence or shape your opinions in the surveys. They shape the responses so that you are forced to agree with him. They present 4 choices, and none of them disagree with the stated question. Would others notice this if they had my education? Do you see how the questions are playing you? I do.It is less fun having to fact-check our president. Because I have been trained to question facts and data, I don’t believe him when he says that his State of the Union was the most-watched SOTU of all time. I look it up:• Clinton, Feb. 17, 1993: 66,900,000*• Bush, Jan. 28, 2003: 62,061,000• Clinton, Jan. 27, 1998: 53,077,000• Obama, Feb. 24, 2009: 52,373,000*• Bush, Jan. 29, 2002: 51,773,000• Obama, Jan. 27, 2010: 48,009,595• Trump, Feb 28, 2017: 47,741,000*• Clinton, Jan. 25, 1994: 45,800,000• Trump, Jan. 30, 2018: 45,551,000• Clinton, Jan. 19, 1999: 43,500,000• Bush, Jan. 23, 2007: 45,486,000• Bush, Jan. 20, 2004: 43,411,000See, he barely makes the top ten list. Notice that each of his 3 predecessors all delivered SOTU’s with higher numbers. His own inaugural speech, delivered in place of a SOTU, topped his numbers from this year. He was even beaten by himself, making his statement false. This speech wasn’t even HIS most-popular speech, let alone when he compares himself to Obama.One of the questions on Trump’s most-recent survey asked: Do you believe that colleges indoctrinate, rather than educate students?Educating students teaches them to question what they are told. If that is indoctrination, then I’m willing to live with it. And yet, Democrats are frequently called, “Sheep.”Sheep don’t question everything like Democrats do. Sheep listen to presidents and believe everything he says just because he said it. Republicans are the sheep. Fox News counts on it.My head explodes if I have to watch Fox News while waiting for my car to be serviced. Why? Because I’ve been highly-educated and I know to question what they tell me. We can only take so much of it before we flip out.Do you think CNN is fake news? If you do, you haven’t been trained to question facts. If you research their facts, you will find that they have the data to back them up. This doesn’t make them fake news.So, why do highly-educated people support the Democratic party? Because the Democrats tend to make decisions based upon facts. We believe in Global Warming because the facts support the theory. We believe that giving tax breaks to rich people only makes them richer and does nothing for the middle class because the facts prove this out. We believe in equality of all people because science tells us that we are all 99% the same and we choose to look at the similarities, and not the differences. We use those facts to unite us, rather than separate and divide us.Unity is friendlier. Division is racist.I’m a smart, friendly person, who has been trained to make myself even smarter. I like my politics like I like my people. I find more of them being Democrats.So…how’d I do?Here’s a prediction: if you read to this line, you are probably college-educated and Democrat. If you aren’t, this sentence doesn’t even exist.Here is an interesting read if you want some info about how conservatives and liberals think differently: Why Are Conservatives More Susceptible to Believing Lies?

I graduated in 2008. Let’s check facebook. For those wondering, I attended a public high school in Monmouth County, NJ. Not a poor town, but not a super wealthy town. 15% of students at the high school were classified as “Economically Disadvantaged” by the state in the 2014–2015 school year.A few of the cheerleaders got knocked up while in community college and now have kids. They live in the same town and are stay at home moms. Looks like their husbands work minimum wage jobs, or blue collar jobs - none where I can see how they can afford to live in suburban NJ. Two of the girls who said they’d become nurses became nurses.Looking at a few of the guys, a surprising amount became lawyers. One became a radiological technician. One kid who was heavily into music is now working as a sound engineer for television studios - and seems to be with a specific TV station. Another who went to a military college with the goal of becoming a Navy firefighter. He seems to have served his time in the military, found a girl, had a daughter, and is looking into becoming a firefighter in a nearby town.Edit: So, Not related to the answer, but I decided to look up some of the other kids that pop into my mind when I think about high school. One guy works at a local restaurant. Another guy was a sous chef at a local fine dining restaurant - he left a year ago to work at another fine dining restaurant that had the potential for an executive chef position. Another person doesn’t list his occupation on facebook. One guy is an electrical engineer. Another person is a stay at home mom. A few are teachers. A few are nurses. One is a dental hygienist. Another works in marketing. Two are social workers. One is currently studying forensic psychology. Two are police officers. Oh, and there are a few stay at home dads, too.Edit #2: Wow! Almost 12k views! Let’s look up more people from my HS (There were 279 people in my graduating class). One person just got a job as a school psychologist. another was a manager at a tuxedo shop and was recently offered the business, another guy works for a travel agency of some kind (with all of the statuses he posts, it sounds super canned), another works as a tech as a datacenter, another works at a salon doing makeup, one works as a buyer for a security monitoring company, at least 10 or 15 so far don’t list jobs on facebook, another person is a cashier at a clothing store, and another seems to be aiming to be career military. Another guy works in behavioral health at a drug rehab clinic.Edit #3: So, I now have 98 upvotes! Here’s info on on two classmates who have been posting a bit on facebook recently - one is going back to school to get a Bachelors in Nursing and the other is trying to be an actor - he recently had a small speaking role on a CBS show.So, what about me? The nerdy guy who helped everyone, even the teachers and district IT people with computer stuff? I was a computer science major for one semester (before I was told that it required a lot of advanced math - and I barely passed algebra), then I changed my major to Education, got an AA in Education, and a BA in Special Education - Certified Elementary & Special Education. Started to look for work March 2014 - I had my last day of student teaching December 2013, but I had to get my wisdom teeth removed, so January 2014 was occupied with seeing the dentist and an oral surgeon about the wisdom teeth, then getting them removed February 2014. I had a few interviews, none panned out. March 2015 came around, had a few more interviews, then I had some abnormal blood test results. Went to the doctor, was told to see an oncologist. Then in April 2015, I was told I might have a rare leukemia. May 18th, 2015 - the diagnosis of this rare leukemia was confirmed. It won’t kill me, but it hampers my ability to get a job - I have to take chemo pills once a week for the rest of my life.

Perhaps needless to say, my experience is limited to my faculty only (Humanities), however I wholeheartedly recommend Radboud University. I always regarded the university as a bit of an underdog in the Netherlands as it's not in a famous city, nor has it a particularly aggressive marketing department. But don't let that fool you: The teaching is excellent and there are loads of opportunities to broaden your horizons or gain expertise in a particular subject. The atmosphere is informal, which encourages even quieter students to actively participate and ensures that reaching out to lecturers with questions or to bounce ideas isn't daunting. In fact, my experience is that they are happy to assist in additional tutoring, career advice, and (obviously) discussing their fields in more detail should you wish to further advance your knowledge.For students there are ample opportunities to more actively participate in the ongoings of the university itself and its research. I have seen students active in Student Committees, organising conferences, contributing to research projects headed by lecturers or PhD-students, and engage in social activities. This allows them a taste of what's to come, or to gain experience in some very useful skills. If you wish to do any of these things, then keep an eye out and voice your interest to your lecturers or faculty members.Of course it's difficult to generalise the quality of the lectures; some topics and methods of teaching might appeal more than others, depending on the student. I always felt that a solid basis was built, but that lecturers weren't holding back in sharing their knowledge or challenging their students. Teaching was split between 'lecture hall' lectures and workshops. Keep in mind, this was about 6-9 years ago, so I can't judge any online lectures if they are currently part of the curriculum. However, having done my Master's at a different university, I felt extremely well-prepared for the switch.In terms of facilities, they are no different from any high-level university. Library/access to information/IT is good, they have great sports facilities, and students requiring labs etcetera are well-catered for.Administration is absolutely fine; I've never run into any issues with getting verified copies of grade lists, signing up for exams, and whatnot.Lastly, as I wasn't a foreign student I can't really say much about what Radboud University is like from that perspective. I know there is a support net available. Since I did my Master's in the UK, I can say that in terms of quality there were no shocking discrepancies or differences in how things were run. I recommend checking out language requirements and ensuring you are well set, though there are quite some degrees that allow for and/or are provided in English.I hope this helps you make your decision!