Episode Details

Mike talks with Colby College political scientists Nick Jacobs and Dan Shea about their book The Rural Voter: The Politics of Place and the Disuniting of America.

Topics Discussed Include:

- what it means to be a rural voter

- misconceptions of rural voters

- if conservatives in rural areas are truly distinct

- what rural identity is, and why it matters

- why Democrats have been doing so poorly with rural voters

- Donald Trump’s appeal in rural areas

- ruralness and racism

- if Democrats can ever compete again outside of cities and suburbs

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