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Rural areas in the US tend to be conservative electoral strongholds. However, it wasn’t always the case. The shift happened in the post-WWII period when technological changes enabled the rise of c…
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Original Title: Rural areas in the US tend to be conservative electoral strongholds. However, it wasn’t always the case. The shift happened in the post-WWII period when technological changes enabled the rise of capital-intensive agriculture and the rising power of agribusiness who favored Republican policies.
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