Why are people in rural areas and small towns so often republican..(not always though)

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43. It's because they know Democratic policies...

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... can't save their rural communities. They cover far too broad of an area to try to help all of them. It's hard enough to help people who are concentrated in the small area of a congested city.

So that leaves rural folks with their "values", and Republicans have tailored their messaging around that instead of policies. Any Democrats who promise to turn an old coal mining town or family-farm community into high-tech meccas are lying, and the rural folks know it. They'd be better off praising the rural folks for supposedly working hard, maintaining cohesive families, being God-fearing, etc. That's what Republicans do, and at least that makes the hillbillies feel better about themselves.

The do-nothing Republicans are more like their familiar church leaders. They might uplift their spirits, but they don't really do anything for them. When's the last time that some rural preacher started a business that gave their communities a bunch of jobs? They prefer to hand out collection plates instead, and maybe organize a bake sale to help buy uniforms for the church baseball team or whatever. But at least uplifting their egos is better than empty promises.