It’s one of life’s sick ironies that many of the people who’ll suffer most under Donald Trump‘s policies are his most passionate supporters. But then, this shouldn’t be surprising, as rural Americans enthusiastically voting against their interests has been the bedrock of Republican success for decades.
Deep red Trump counties in deep red states have the highest poverty, lowest standards of living, and most reliance on social security in the nation. If this were a logical world, you might expect these people to support candidates with social policies designed to benefit them. You might have noticed we don’t live in a logical world, so these people are turkeys turning out in droves to enthusiastically vote for Thanksgiving.
