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I'm "country folk" and have never experienced this kind of attitude from "city folk" on the basis of my address. Then again, I do truly, sincerely, earnestly b

• cmrdporcupine 5y ago
  Indeed. So-called "country folk" are a serious minority, and if the right in the US had to rely on rural voters exclusively for support they'd never win an election. For sure, there's a right wing voting block that might see itself as "salt of the earth" or "country folk" or "common sense"; but it's just an ideological package held together with shoestring and old gum made out of old school nativism, pro-life stuff, and an appeal to a sense of lost opportunity. And I grew up in rural Alberta, Canada, oil country heartland of "country folk" in Canada, the Texas of Canada, and I live rural now, too. It's never been the case that all "country folk" vote right or hold right wing opinions, even if a sizable chunk do. I do think "city folk" hold some pretty stereotyped views of rural life though.