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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 when technological changes brought agribusiness who favored Republicans. (www.cambridge.org)

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Very true, I was going to add that in but felt I'd be going off topic to my original point, haha. But yeah, GOP's handiwork convincing them of all that. It's effective, too, because it makes any positive thing that Democrats do automatically bad/a conspiracy.