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I still live in rural Wisconsin. I wanted to disagree from the title but after reading it I really can't. And I agree, we're not special. Rural Wisconsin went

I still live in rural Wisconsin. I wanted to disagree from the title but after reading it I really can't. And I agree, we're not special. Rural Wisconsin went Obama in 2008. I didn't see a deluge of articles discussing the implications of the rural people. Wisconsin has been pretty close to the US vote, as a whole, for years. If your candidate wants to sway that vote maybe they should travel to the state at least once in the campaign. Well, it's just a thought.

huffmsa 10y ago
You'd think she would have given that Walker has survived basically an election every other year. I've spent some time in Wisconsin recently and got the feeling that the people are hungry for something to be proud of (in their humble Wisconsin way). Something that they can point to (when asked) and proudly say it's a product of Wisconsin, it's people and industrious morality.
bduerst 10y ago
As someone also from rural Wisconsin, I can tell you that the ignorance there is more palpable than ever. I'm not talking about record levels of domestic abuse cases, meth labs, or even leading the nation in DUI's. Rural Wisconsin has always had it's own issues in a charming sort of way. I'm talking about the sheer gleefulness with which rural Wisconsinites abandoned critical thinking this election. There was always a small spark of anti-intellectualism in rural Wisconsin, but this election was unlike any other in how the misinformation being spread fanned the flames of that rhetoric.