MURDER, POLITICS, AND THE END OF THE JAZZ AGE
by Michael Wolraich
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A Princeton sociologist spent 8 years asking rural Americans why they’re so pissed off
By artappraiser on Wed, 03/14/2018 - 6:11am |Hint: it’s not about the economy. By Sean Illing @ Vox.com, March 13
Robert Wuthnow, a sociologist at Princeton University, spent eight years interviewing Americans in small towns across the country. He had one goal: to understand why rural America is so angry with Washington.
Wuthnow’s work resulted in a new book, The Left Behind: Decline and Rage in Rural America. He argues that rural Americans are less concerned about economic issues and more concerned about Washington threatening the social fabric of small towns and causing a “moral decline” in the country as a whole. The problem, though, is that it’s never quite clear what that means or how Washington is responsible for it.
So I decided to speak with Wuthnow about what he learned and whether fears about America’s “moral decline” are really just a cover for much deeper fears about race and demographic changes [.....]
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https://www.vox.com/2018/3/13/17053886/trump-rural-america-populism-racial-resentment
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As in other studies, racial and social anxiety trumps economics. Minorities, Gays, and women are not going to change to make rural people comfortable. Trump played these communities for fools. Perhaps The Pennsylvania election suggests that they are beginning to realize that they were duped. (The PA district is only 2% black).Urban centers will not go back to the “good old days” (well, it was good for some whites)
by rmrd0000 on Wed, 03/14/2018 - 9:34am
The problem for the Democratic party is that urban centers are not capable of electing a president alone. (That is something that the founders intended so it is difficult to get the electoral college abolished.)
And also that most states are gerrymandered so the rural areas have more say in things like who gets elected U.S. Senator.
I only mention this because you so often seem to argue that energizing the urban base will suffice to change results in the presidential race. That is just not the case for the presidential race, i.e., how many people come out to vote in NYC has not made any difference as to who wins the presidency in my voting lifetime.
by artappraiser on Wed, 03/14/2018 - 12:23pm
The rural whites will have to realize that the GOP does things not in the best interests of rural areas. They were willing to let Obamacare die and ignored the fact that Trump was not funding programs to combat opioid addiction. I noted that The Pennsylvania district is majority white. The ability of a Democratic candidate to perform so well in the district may indicate the tide is turning. Rural areas have to come to grips with the reality of diversity. When Roy Moore talked about bringing Alabama values to the Senate, most found the idea unsettling.
by rmrd0000 on Wed, 03/14/2018 - 1:01pm
I noted that The Pennsylvania district is majority white. The ability of a Democratic candidate to perform so well in the district may indicate the tide is turning.
Stick with that thought process, rm, and allow the idea to settle for a bit. It won't - can't - happen everywhere or even at a rapid pace, but it will happen. It's important that the right candidates focus on the right metrics in the areas in which they run; we all know that. It's also important that the voters in those places understand the differences between local and what's beyond, and they do. Putting the two together is imperative if we want to see the gradual move back towards democratic ideals in the states - and beyond. One district at a time.
Hal, are you listening?
by barefooted on Wed, 03/14/2018 - 2:47pm
Hopefully other districts will follow suit. Republicans have sound bites but no plans. Deport 12 million people, suppress votes, and allow more guns are Republican solutions. The only real plan is to see what they can do to upset Liberals.
Rick Perry heads Energy. Betsy DeVos heads education, and Ben Carson heads HUD. We literally have the Three Stooges running federal agencies. This is your Republican run government.
by rmrd0000 on Wed, 03/14/2018 - 3:07pm