#whiteruralvoters — Public Fediverse posts
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"Unfortunately, while rural Americans could use the power they possess to improve their lives, they almost never do. That power is used only to maintain Republican control and stymie liberal policy advancement, even when liberal policy goals would directly help rural people themselves. …
In fact, as the rural population shrinks, their extraordinary leverage becomes even more stark."
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"I want to focus on an aspect of that story that makes the United States unique: Only here are rural citizens given such outsized political power. That power is built into the design of our political system, but it also has to be continually renewed by the Republicans who depend on rural voters to maintain their control of political institutions."
~ Paul Waldman
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/1https://paulwaldman.substack.com/p/how-the-gop-enhances-rural-power