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

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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.

  • Shalakushka@kbin.social
    435·
    8 months ago

    flee the cities to escape racial integration

    for some reason this podunk town in the middle of nowhere does not have the jobs and resources of the city

    refuse to pay taxes out of short sightedness

    why does living in the country suck shit? It must be all them minorities and democrats

    I’m living around nothing but people that think and act like me and I’m still miserable, surely it is the fault of everyone else