"I Voted Trump to Lower Prices": Now My Groceries Cost $100/Week, My Farm's Bankrupt, and Healthcare Just Doubled. Where's My $2,000 Check?

"I Voted Trump to Lower Prices": Now My Groceries Cost $100/Week, My Farm's Bankrupt, and Healthcare Just Doubled. Where's My $2,000 Check?

STAR CITY, ARKANSAS — The American Dream has become a rusted-out car with a missing door handle. Welcome to Lincoln County, Arkansas—one of the poorest regions in the United States, where abandoned storefronts line the town square and residents are discovering that voting for change doesn’t pay the bills.Contents“We’re Working Harder and Getting Poorer”The Wealthy […]

Struggling Arkansas Voter Blames Trump After Prices Didn’t ‘Come Down Fast’ as Promised

A year into Donald Trump’s presidency, signs of economic strain are visible across rural Arkansas, including in Lincoln County, where Trump apparently won 74 percent of the vote in the 2024 election. One of the farmers in the Trump-voting rural community has even expressed his disappointment and regret, blaming the current president for his community’s financial struggles, as the prices didn’t decrease; instead, the cost of living grew more expe…

'I Can’t Afford This’ Trump Voters in Rural America Stunned as Cost of Living Keeps Rising

Welcome to Star City, Arkansas. It is a place where the “American Dream” currently looks like a car bumper so