Can Policies Make Rural Politics?
The rural divide is deep and, in many cases, based on real abandonment by liberal technocrats. More than just new policies, Democrats need a new approach to rural voters.
Illustration by Sam Taylor.
Since the 1980s, the Democratic Party’s share of the working-class rural vote has drastically declined. Today fewer than 40 percent of rural voters identify with the party. In many states, Democrats haven’t consistently organized or fielded candidates for local office in rural areas for several years. Some have argued that a massive government reinvestment in […]
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