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Based on voting patterns most people in rural areas don't like government spending and handouts
by themitigating 4y ago
Based on voting patterns most people in rural areas don't like government spending and handouts
- edmcnulty101 4y agoNo they think taxes are too high and the federal government is bloated and filled with lobbyist backed policies and corruption. Important distinction.
- Broken_Hippo 4y agoYou can't get that from voting patterns: Resistance to government spending and handouts depend on where you are putting the money. I haven't actually met a farmer that is opposed to farm subsidies, for example. And I think there is a hint of ignorance when it does benefit them: The local ISP finally giving a rural location higher-speed internet probably did so because they received government money or have brushed up against government regulations that require them to upgrade in the countryside as well as urban areas - yet the government spending goes unnoticed. I'll add that the US is a 2 party system in practice, so the reasons for voting conservative vary greatly and you can't really take voting a certain way as "against handouts" when it is easily other issues that prompts the vote.