Rural and urban Americans, equally convinced the rest of the country dislikes them
Rural and urban Americans, equally convinced the rest of the country dislikes them
- May 22, 2018
- Research by Michael Tesler, poli sci, in The New York Times, May 22, 2018
That rural divergence starting in 2008 mirrors a sharp turn in support for the Republican Party among white voters with a high school diploma or less, a change that Michael Tesler, a political scientist at the University of California, Irvine, has argued is closely tied to racial attitudes that came to the fore with Mr. Obama’s election.
For the full story, please visit https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/22/upshot/rural-and-urban-residents-feel-disparaged-pew-survey.html.
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