Bunker USA: How rural rage fuels Trump’s power

The Bunker – News without the nonsense

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🗓️ 15 December 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Donald Trump’s hold over rural voters is priceless to the Republican party. But how did this real life caricature of a wealthy businessman win them over? And has the divide between rural and urban voters ever been so big in America? Nicholas Jacobs is the co-author of The Rural Voter: The Politics of Place and the Disuniting of America and joins Dorian Lynskey in The Bunker. “No republican candidate has done as well in rural America than Trump.” “The most distinctive feature of the rural voter is that they are distinct.” “Most rural people feel like the impressions of them are not realistic.” www.patreon.com/bunkercast Written and Presented by Dorian Lynskey. Produced by: Chris Jones and Eliza Davis Beard. Audio production: Alex Rees. Managing Editor: Jacob Jarvis. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Music by Kenny Dickinson. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:19.1	is a new and unprecedented phenomenon in American politics and it is a
1:22.3	powerfully divisive force because of those institutional
1:24.9	political advantages given unintentionally to rural America. So say
1:29.2	Nicholas F Jacobs and Daniel M. Shea in a new book called The Rural Voter, The Politics at Place and
1:34.0	the Disuniting of America. The authors use rigorous data to puncture some of the
1:37.5	stereotypes about the politics and priorities of rural voters. They both grow up in
1:41.9	rural areas and now live in rural Maine so they
1:44.2	know whereof they speak. Nicholas Jacobs, assistant professor of government at
1:47.8	Colby College, joins me now. Hi Nick, thanks for talking.
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