He grew up in a lower middle-income household. His parents worked three jobs. In the winter they wore jackets inside because they could not afford to run the heat. In the summer they worried about losing their home because they could not make mortgage payments. Though the family struggled, they relied on each other. He eventually went to Wharton.
That is not the biography of Donald Trump, a Wharton grad who claims he can relate to the poor, though he had a privileged background far removed from life's struggles. It is the biography of Evan McMullin, a 40-year-old who spent a decade in the Central Intelligence Agency fighting terrorists.
BOSTON — High-profile ballot questions that would authorize additional charter schools and legalize the adult use of marijuana have similar levels of "strong support" among likely Massachusetts voters but are backed by "somewhat opposite groups," a new poll found.
Question 2, which would allow state education officials to approve up to 12 new charter schools or expansions per year, has the support of people who identify as conservatives, who earn more than $100,000 per year, and who fall in the age range to 30 to 54 years old, according to the UMass Amherst/WBZ poll.
