It’s no surprise the party of the affluent, governmental elite and urban/suburban America would struggle in the other pocket of America: rural America. But, after 2018, Democrats had some hope their erosion during Obama had ended. Then 2020 hit and … Continue reading Democratic Woes in Rural America Get Worse
To the average person, Trump’s fights with the NFL, Hollywood, Democrats and the GOP establishment are signs of why his Presidency is a mess and his approval rating is below 40 percent. But this misses the forest for the trees. … Continue reading Republicans Are Winning the Culture Wars Under Trump
Thursday, the Senate GOP revealed its long awaited version of the AHCA. The bill builds on the House’s conservative approach to healthcare while maintaining a federal presence. Specifically, the bill repeals the Medicaid expansion by 2021 (longer phase-out time), does … Continue reading An American First Healthcare Plan Would Cost Republicans Greatly
Its long been a noted trend in American politics but rural and urban voters have different ideas and policy preferences. These ideas and preferences have been diverging at a significant rate and as a result their electoral preferences have as … Continue reading The Urban/Rural Divide Continues
Call Donald Trump’s victory the revenge of Old Hickory. The triumph of the little guy over the elites. The rural farmer over the multi-billion dollar conglomerates that send lobbyists to occupy the halls of the nation’s Capitol. The one thing … Continue reading Donald Trump and Jacksonian America
At the turn of the 20th century, America’s major dividing lines were found along regional and geographic boundaries. The South was solidly Democratic and the majority of the rest of the nation Republican. Today, those dividing lines are gone. The … Continue reading America’s Partisan Divide Can Increasingly Be Found Along County Lines
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