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Paul Ryan: I Didn't Lose on the Issues, I Lost Because of Black People

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Obdicut (Now with 2% less brain)11/13/2012 10:10:42 am PST

re: #49 Killgore Trout

It is related to issues. Republicans appeal better in rural areas where topics like regulation, “less government”, minimal infrastructure spending are more popular issues. In cities (AKA urban areas) government spending on social services, infrastructure, regulation, urban planing are necessities.

Actually, cities largely subsidize rural areas in many things, like hospitals, and a higher percentage of rural people are on some form of government assistance. So you got that bit backwards.

Also if you look at the electoral maps in many cities that D influence is pushing out into the suburbs where communities rely on the city and R policies have less appeal. There’s nothing racist about this. It’s a simple fact.

It’s also a fact that the urban base of voters is far more non-white than the rural population of voters. The GOP has very consciously appealed to the nativist white vote— who are also largely rural.

I don’t see what good it does to pretend that the only reason politics are different in (some) rural areas vs (some) urban areas is because of actual policy differences. It’s a breathtakingly naive point of view.