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Explaining Rural Conservatism: Political Consequences of Technological Change in the Great Plains

cross-posted from: https://lemmit.online/post/2668759

Rural areas in the US tend to be conservative electoral strongholds. However, it wasn’t always the case. The shift happened in the post-WWII period when technological changes enabled the rise of c…

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Original Title: Rural areas in the US tend to be conservative electoral strongholds. However, it wasn’t always the case. The shift happened in the post-WWII period when technological changes enabled the rise of capital-intensive agriculture and the rising power of agribusiness who favored Republican policies.

  • Carrolade@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    2 年前

    I certainly wasn’t trying to state that I was describing every single rural person in America. Just the broader culture of it. Sorry if I bothered you.

      • Carrolade@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        2 年前

        No worries. You did help illuminate that even rural culture is not homogenous by any stretch. Even in deep red middle America there is bound to be some variety.