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Gap Between Urban and Rural Congressional Voters Widened in Last 16 Years

Explore full-page Rural America and the nation’s largest cities have grown further apart in their congressional voting over the past 16 years, a Daily Yonder analysis shows. The change has come primarily from an increase in the popularity of Republican candidates in rural areas. In 2006, half of voters in rural (nonmetropolitan) counties supported Republican […]