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Why Rural America Voted for Trump
Knoxville, Iowa One recent morning, I sat near two young men at a coffee shop here whom Ive known since they were little boys. Now about 18, they pushed away from the table, and one said: Lets go to work. Let the liberals sleep in. The other nodded.
Theyre hard workers. As a kid, one washed dishes, took orders and swept the floor at a restaurant. Every summer, the other picked sweet corn by hand at dawn for a farm stand and for grocery stores, and then went to work all day on his parents farm. Now one is a welder, and the other is in his first year at a state university on an academic scholarship. They are conservative, believe in hard work, family, the military and cops, and they know that abortion and socialism are evil, that Jesus Christ is our savior, and that Donald J. Trump will be good for America.
They are part of a growing movement in rural America that immerses many young people in a culture not just conservative news outlets but also home and church environments that emphasizes contemporary conservative values. It views liberals as loathsome, misinformed and weak, even dangerous.
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While many blame poor decisions by Mrs. Clinton for her loss, in an environment like this, the Democratic candidate probably didnt matter. And the Democratic Party may not for generations to come. The Republican brand is strong in rural America perhaps even strong enough to withstand a disastrous Trump presidency.
Rural conservatives feel that their world is under siege, and that Democrats are an enemy to be feared and loathed. Given the philosophical premises Mr. Watts presented as the difference between Democrats and Republicans, reconciliation seems a long way off.
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Knoxville, Iowa One recent morning, I sat near two young men at a coffee shop here whom Ive known since they were little boys. Now about 18, they pushed away from the table, and one said: Lets go to work. Let the liberals sleep in. The other nodded.
Theyre hard workers. As a kid, one washed dishes, took orders and swept the floor at a restaurant. Every summer, the other picked sweet corn by hand at dawn for a farm stand and for grocery stores, and then went to work all day on his parents farm. Now one is a welder, and the other is in his first year at a state university on an academic scholarship. They are conservative, believe in hard work, family, the military and cops, and they know that abortion and socialism are evil, that Jesus Christ is our savior, and that Donald J. Trump will be good for America.
They are part of a growing movement in rural America that immerses many young people in a culture not just conservative news outlets but also home and church environments that emphasizes contemporary conservative values. It views liberals as loathsome, misinformed and weak, even dangerous.
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While many blame poor decisions by Mrs. Clinton for her loss, in an environment like this, the Democratic candidate probably didnt matter. And the Democratic Party may not for generations to come. The Republican brand is strong in rural America perhaps even strong enough to withstand a disastrous Trump presidency.
Rural conservatives feel that their world is under siege, and that Democrats are an enemy to be feared and loathed. Given the philosophical premises Mr. Watts presented as the difference between Democrats and Republicans, reconciliation seems a long way off.
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"Rural conservatives feel that their world is under siege, and that Democrats are an enemy..."
DemocratSinceBirth
Jan 2017
#4
Exactly, and I hope people here realize the only thing preventing them from violence
Eliot Rosewater
Jan 2017
#27
It's what they have been brainwashed into believing by the Right Wing propaganda,
hadEnuf
Jan 2017
#88
Yes, I'm sure many young Germans loved the Fatherland in the 30's as much as tbe love "Merica"
Chasstev365
Jan 2017
#3
Perhaps but its a heavy lift if they currently see Liberals as the article suggests. Which they do.
stevenleser
Jan 2017
#30
Since the Election I've thought a liberal/progressive homestead movement would help in resisting
Tom Rivers
Jan 2017
#175
I LOVE a good, good-cop story, especially a good red-state good-cop story.
Maru Kitteh
Jan 2017
#160
A lot of the hate--comes also from Hate radio in these rural areas. I had to move
riversedge
Jan 2017
#58
I agree. That's why we have to change the EC to nullify their undue influence on elections.
brush
Jan 2017
#70
I don't care much for them either, but I still want them to have health insurance,
tanyev
Jan 2017
#6
These facts should NOT be ignored; this is one of the main reasons we lost the election
democratisphere
Jan 2017
#8
Agreed. They are beyond reach. Our time is better spent increasing urban and suburban turnout.
LonePirate
Jan 2017
#24
I don't want them to die in return... Repeat... I don't want them to die in return.
DemocratSinceBirth
Jan 2017
#19
And they're also unaware they're the root cause of 150% of the divisiveness in this country.
Initech
Jan 2017
#125
"Conservatism has, over the decades, curdled into an ideology of hatefulness and destruction...".
3catwoman3
Jan 2017
#62
Their world is under siege. White American dominance is being challenged.
Baitball Blogger
Jan 2017
#20
Also means non correct Christians (Mormons, Catholics need not apply), non Christians like Joos and
Feeling the Bern
Jan 2017
#143
Exactly. So those that stay tend lean conservative and some become alt-right. Those that leave.....
Freethinker65
Jan 2017
#59
Those that return, return. They have had the experience of living elsewhere.
Freethinker65
Jan 2017
#114
Wait until these jerks get drafted to fight a stupid war their idiot starts to protect one
kimbutgar
Jan 2017
#49
We live in a college town with a wide mix of nationalities, skin color and religions.
maddiemom
Jan 2017
#60
That's not what they were saying. They were saying that Liberals are lazy. That has
Squinch
Jan 2017
#166
They can thank those blue states for the Federal tax dollars that fund their state college and unive
SammyWinstonJack
Jan 2017
#69
Most of these people wouldn't know a liberal if one came up and punched them in the face.
GoCubsGo
Jan 2017
#78
One is at a state and federally subsidized school and the other worked and lives...
Hassin Bin Sober
Jan 2017
#82
What are liberals out of touch about? We get they also have unemployment and are just rejecting
bettyellen
Jan 2017
#102
Those on the Right don't like those on the Left and vice versa. I'm shocked!
WillowTree
Jan 2017
#90
Prior to this election I questioned their judgment, not their character.
DemocratSinceBirth
Jan 2017
#138
THE STUPID is also the most damaging and threatening to the liberty of ALL
Guilded Lilly
Jan 2017
#94
I can't even count the number of people I've met from these red state dystopias...
hunter
Jan 2017
#96
We do have 'things' they want, and we need to keep those things just out of reach and make
Tikki
Jan 2017
#140
Yet I'm supposed to give these people creedence and respect them? Fuck rural America
Feeling the Bern
Jan 2017
#141
Until their girlfriend gets knocked up and they need Fi-Aid money for beer & premium porns
Maru Kitteh
Jan 2017
#153
Republicans learned long ago that perception and not reality is what's important.
Jetboy
Jan 2017
#157