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The Rural Voter: The Politics of Place and the Disuniting of America by Jacobs, Nicholas F.; Shea, Daniel M. is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Rural Voter: The Politics of Place and the Disuniting of America about?
The widening gulf between rural and urban America is becoming the most serious political divide of our day. Support for Democrats, up and down the ballot, has plummeted throughout the countryside, and the entire governing system is threatened by one-party dominance. After Donald Trump's surprising victories throughout rural America, pundits and journalists went searching for answers, popping into roadside diners and opining from afar. Rural Americans are supposedly bigots, culturally backwards, lazy, scared of the future, and radical. But is it that simple? Is the country splintering between two very different Americas--one rural, one urban? This pathbreaking book pinpoints forces behind the rise of the "rural voter"--a new political identity that combines a deeply felt sense of place with an increasingly nationalized set of concerns. Combining a historical perspective with the largest-ever national survey of rural voters, Nicholas F. Jacobs and Daniel M. Shea uncover how this overwhelmingly crucial voting bloc emerged and how it has roiled American politics. They show how perceptions of economic and social change, racial anxieties, and a traditional way of life under assault have
Who reads The Rural Voter: The Politics of Place and the Disuniting of America?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Jacobs, Nicholas F.; Shea, Daniel M.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Published
- 2024
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780231211581
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- Political Science, Politics, Social_sciences