The Washington Post claimed that rural Americans tend to vote Republican because they perceive that the average Democratic voter looks down on them.
PBS NewsHour host Laura Barrón-López asked about Georgia's "voter suppression" laws, after the state broke early voting records.because they feel they’re not respected by the more urban, affluent and better-educated Democrats of the country.
A recent Washington Post report detailed the divide between "resentful rural"Republican voters and Democratic voters.piece began with the observation that"Over the past 25 years, rural areas have increasingly voted Republican while cities have increasingly voted Democratic — a dividing line that has replaced the North/South divide as the nation’s biggest source of political friction.
Though rural voters harbor a feeling of"geographic inequality," the Post noted, describing it as"the idea that rural areas receive less than their fair share from the government, are ignored by politicians, and are mocked and derided in popular culture. Without these beliefs, the urban-rural political divide would not be as vast as it is today."
The Washington Post claimed in a report that rural voters have a grievance against more urban areas of the country.
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