Hmmmm…
I wonder why?
Growing rural-urban divide exists only among White Americans
By Kate Blackwood College of Arts and Sciences
June 20, 2024
Over the past 30 years, the American political landscape has been characterized by a growing divide between rural and urban voters, almost as if they’re on two opposing teams, according to Suzanne Mettler, the John L. Senior Professor of American Institutions in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S).
But the divide is confined largely to White Americans, Mettler and collaborators have found in an examination of the racial and ethnic facets of the trend.
When it comes to politics, Black and Latino residents of rural America differ far less, if at all, from their urban counterparts than do non-Hispanic white residents, the researchers report. With one in four residents of rural America now identifying as nonwhite, the study’s findings raise concerns about political representation of Black and Latino Americans and highlights a need for further research on rural people of color broadly, including racially marginalized groups beyond Black and Latino people.
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The study compared Black, Latino and White voters, urban and rural, between 2008 and 2020. Black support for the Democratic Party was very high – around 90% – in both rural and urban areas from 2008 to 2020, with support for Republicans consistently very low. Latino support for Democrats remained consistent nationally for this period with only a few points of variation among both rural and urban voters.
I know about the non-White rural populations. They exist, and they are usually the most disenfranchised, having to live with the consequences of the actions -politically – of rural White voters.