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A new study of civic activity in Texas finds some of the reasons behind the state's notoriously low voter-turnout rate, but shows glimmers of hope for...
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Since the election of Donald Trump, U.S. media outlets have often painted a picture of poverty-stricken rural voters, beaten down by economic misfortune,…
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If you look at a colored map of election 2016 separated by how states voted, the country looks pretty evenly divided. But if you switch that map to show…
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"I think you have to have a strategy that, essentially, speaks to the entirety of America," said Vilsack, who's also a former governor of Iowa.
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America has been a majority-urban country since 1920. But, as The New York Times reports, this country’s political process has always been intentionally…
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A pastor recently wrote an editorial in The Lexington Herald Leader attempting to explain Hillary Clinton’s loss in the heartland.According to Paul…
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An editorial by a rural West Texas woman appeared in the British newspaper The Guardian last week.The essay by Jane Lindsay was entitled “I am a Democrat…
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Democrats are blaming their loss in this year’s election on Hillary Clinton's lack of attention to rural areas.And, as Politico reports, progressives are…
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This week The Washington Post’s Wonkblog rolled up its sleeves and got to work trying to figure out why exactly rural voters are so angry. To get a new…
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Pundits and political scientists are still sifting through data can explain how Donald Trump surged to the most unexpected presidential victory in U.S.…