Election Takeaways for our Rural Agenda
Well, yesterday was another fascinating exercise in democracy. And while there is much to analyze, the significant takeaway is this: Rural America continues to turn a brighter shade of red as the rural/urban electorate seemingly grows further and further apart. The expanding rural/urban divide could even be seen in not-so-rural states like Maryland who shockingly elected only their second Republican Governor in nearly 50 years. This is entirely because the voter turn-out was low in Baltimore but high in eastern and southern Maryland, the rural portions of the state. Yesterday’s election has two other significant underlying stories... (for the rest of the blog visit NRHA Connect.)