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Nov 4, 2024 | 
rappnews.com | Nicholas Jacobs |Robin Johnson
When the presidential results start rolling in on November 5, the usual battlegrounds will get all the attention. But the real story of the night will be hidden in rural communities across America. These aren’t just dots on the map—they’re bellwethers for how rural America will shape the outcome of the election for presidential, Senatorial, House, and state legislative elections.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
dailyyonder.com | Nicholas Jacobs |Robin Johnson
When the presidential results start rolling in on November 5, the usual battlegrounds will get all the attention. But the real story of the night will be hidden in rural communities across America. These aren’t just dots on the map—they’re bellwethers for how rural America will shape the outcome of the election for presidential, Senatorial, House, and state legislative elections.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
localnews8.com | Nicholas Jacobs
Moab Republic // ShutterstockThis year, investment in rural votes isn’t just at the top of the ticketAn election polling station with a “Vote Here”/”Vote Aqui” sign. With the 2024 presidential election just days away, Democrats and Republicans in rural areas are directing their focus beyond the top of the ticket and toward state and local-level offices.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
magnoliastatelive.com | Julia Tilton |Nicholas Jacobs
Published 4:00 pm Thursday, October 31, 2024 This year, investment in rural votes isn’t just at the top of the ticketWith the 2024 presidential election just days away, Democrats and Republicans in rural areas are directing their focus beyond the top of the ticket and toward state and local-level offices. So-called “down-ballot” races feature candidates for state legislature, city council, local school boards, and even judges and police commissioners.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
krcu.org | Julia Tilton |Nicholas Jacobs
By Julia Tilton for The Daily Yonder.Broadcast version by Chrystal Blair for Missouri News Service for the Public News Service/Daily Yonder CollaborationWith the 2024 presidential election less than three weeks away, Democrats and Republicans in rural areas are directing their focus beyond the top of the ticket and toward state and local-level offices.
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May 14, 2024 | 
bookshop.org | Nicholas Jacobs |Daniel Shea
(Author) (Author) FORMAT Pre-Order Ships Oct 08, 2024 Bookshop.org has the highest-rated customer service of any bookstore in the world Buy new or used from an indie through our partner Biblio: Price Condition Seller Description The widening gulf between rural and urban America is becoming the most serious political divide of our day.
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Apr 17, 2024 | 
washingtonpost.com | Nicholas Jacobs |Daniel Shea
Nicholas F. Jacobs is an assistant professor of government at Colby College, where Daniel M. Shea is a professor of government. They are the authors of “The Rural Voter.” This op-ed was adapted from an article in UnHerd. A good American progressive is meant to disapprove of disparaging political stereotypes. But that hasn’t stopped them gleefully embracing the caricature of the enraged rural American.
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Apr 8, 2024 | 
unherd.com | Daniel Shea |Nicholas Jacobs
AmericaDemocratPoliticsRepublicanrural AmericaUS A good American progressive is meant to disapprove of disparaging political stereotypes. But that hasn’t stopped them gleefully embracing the caricature of the enraged rural American.
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Apr 5, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Nicholas Jacobs
If you’ve been watching television or tracking trending topics over the last few weeks, you’ve probably seen or read something about “white rural rage.” This is owed to the publication of a new book, White Rural Rage, by Tom Schaller and Paul Waldman, whose thesis is that white rural Americans, despite representing just 16 percent of the American electorate, are a “threat to the world’s oldest constitutional democracy.” In an interview on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Schaller gave this unvarnished...
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Mar 14, 2024 | 
thehill.com | Nicholas Jacobs |Daniel Shea
In Milwaukee yesterday, President Biden announced his administration’s newest approach to helping communities “left behind” and “broken” by previous government interventions. While the focus was on repairing the damage in urban America, this new emphasis on “place-based” policymaking complements an earlier trip Biden made to the Upper Midwest last November. Last fall, in the heart of Minnesota’s dairy belt, Biden spoke to the needs of rural “place-based” policymaking.
