Explaining the Trump Vote: The Effect of Racist Resentment and Anti-Immigrant Sentiments | PS: Political Science & Politics

Explaining the Trump Vote: The Effect of Racist Resentment and Anti-Immigrant Sentiments | PS: Political Science & Politics

Explaining the Trump Vote: The Effect of Racist Resentment and Anti-Immigrant Sentiments - Volume 51 Issue 3

Democratic farm country and the impact of rural resentment, a defining modern voting gap

Since the nineties, the rural-urban gap has had a growing role in American elections. These rural areas have shifted towards conservative values, while urban areas have become more democratic. Rural areas have seen dwindling populations, dying economies and a world that is changing much faster than them. Rural areas have some of the lowest median incomes in the country and show a continuous rise in voting for Republican candidates. This connecti…