Claire Carlson, “Rural America Did not Push Donald Trump to Victory in 2024”:
This data speaks for itself: Trump won because Democratic turnout in the core counties of major cities crumbled. Yet the urban resentment toward rural America is back.
Also, see this.
@JohnBrady Yep. The GOP did not win this election. The Dems lost it. They simply did not convince people to show up. Which is mind blowing to me.
@jabel But still the rural turnout went up or stayed the same. What will it take for rural voters to not for a person like Trump? Have they ever thought about sitting an election out if not voting for the Dems?
@pratik Oh it would take something unprecedented to get rural folks to vote for Democrats in this era. I took the message of the data to be, “Democrats, your problem is not rural people. You lost millions of your own voters this time.”
@JohnBrady I wondered about that also! And, relatedly, what would be the inflationary effects of mass deportations?
@jabel @JohnBrady Let’s stop wondering and let’s sit back and dare Republicans to do what they promised. Then blame everything that follows on things they did.
