The resulting map shows huge swaths of deeply disadvantaged locations across the nation’s 3,000 counties, places that are mostly located outside of the largest U.S. cities yet which share some traits: A history of resource extraction, unequal educational opportunities, a breakdown of social bonds, violence and local corruption.

  • ATQ@lemm.eeOP
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    1 year ago

    You’re correct. It’s well known and documented that educated and successful people live in cities and vote left. Poor, uneducated people live in rural American and vote right. If you don’t like the results of ‘Pub policies then maybe you ought to examine why you keep voting for them. Until then, it’s informative for the average reader to understand reality. Even if reality hurts your own personal feelings.

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      1 year ago

      You’re just making dumb assumptions. Not American, not a republican, not a conservative. There are lots and lots of poor and uneducated people living in cities and voting left. You’ll find lots of them sleeping on the street in those cities too.