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Becca MILFELD

Carter Beloved In Hometown, But Many Voting For Trump

A person walks past portraits of former US president Jimmy Carter and former first lady Rosalynn Carter in Plains, Georgia (Credit: AFP)

In southwest Georgia, the hamlet of Plains is synonymous with former US president Jimmy Carter, a Democrat who grew up on a nearby peanut farm. Yet if yard signs are any indication, Republican Donald Trump is the big man in town.

As crowds gathered for Carter's 100th birthday this week, observers could see what might seem like a contradiction anywhere else: signs celebrating Carter in the same yard as placards for Trump's presidential campaign.

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