The Politics of Going to College

This unexpected issue of whether or not Americans should aspire to obtain a college degree has arisen in the 2012 election. The more unexpected thing is Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum's view on this subject. They both have made comments about the government not being responsible for paying for higher education, and the Obama just wants Americans to be a clone of himself could come back to bite them in the butt hard. Romney is very blunt in what he is saying and it has gained a lot of attention in the past month from student, parents, and concerned Americans. I found it very interesting that the people without higher educations have a tendency to vote republican, and the people with a higher education of some sorts vote Democrat. I would have never thought the democrats would support the more educated because of their growing pull at the polls. In the past the less educated was higher in population and thus lead to an advantage in the polls. This is where the republican views come in. As they are saying they don't support the Pell Grants and the federal scholarship money being given out by he government for higher education, they have to take into account the white American working-class whose kids depend on that money. This fact alone could spell disaster for the republican party. The cost of living has also increased in America along with the gap between gross income without any higher education compared to gross income with a higher education. So where does that leave the issue of importance of higher education?