For my day jobby job, I work in youth politics. One of the first questions I get when I tell people that is, "Oh, so you work with college students?" Well, yeah, I do. But I work with other folks, too -- people who are out of college, trying to find their way into a career, young parents who have some job stability and are trying to make ends meet, high school students trying to find their way, and people who don't really plan on going to college.

One of the biggest mistakes the political establishment makes is conflating "youth in politics" with "college students in politics." Why is that? Probably for two reasons. First, college students have a lot more free time and their easier to find to organize than other young people. Second, most people in the political establishment went to college and grad or law school, so for them youth=school.

Nevermind that this perception is way out of touch. Only a relatively small percentage of Americans finish a four-year degree. An even smaller portion go on to graduate or professional school. Most of us drop out of college, get a two-year degree, attend a trade school, or hop straight into the job market.

But here's some good news -- at least some people in the political establishment are waking up. Hillary Clinton's team saw an opening and they're going for it. Hillary Clinton is actively stumping for the non-college majority. While I'm far from a Hillary fan, I've got to say: Good for her. My friend Mike Connery dismisses some of this discussion (and he's got some solid arguments, even though I think he goes too far). But there's a very solid nugget of wisdom to what Hillary is doing: no candidate can ignore the realities of daily life for a majority of the electorate and expect to beat someone who is paying attention.