Rural in the News

Rural America and the Presidential Race

State by State Analysis of the Primary Election Results:

• Pennsylvania - Clinton wins the rural vote in Pennsylvania:
  http://www.dailyyonder.com/polarizing-election-clinton-wins-rural-pennsylvania
• Texas and Ohio - Clinton wins the rural vote in these two key states.
  http://irjci.blogspot.com/2008/03/clinton-wins-rural-vote-in-texas-and.html
• Urban and Differential:
  http://www.dailyyonder.com/democrats-are-divided-obama-and-clinton-urban-and-rural
  
• Super Tuesday - state by state, who won the rural vote?  Here are two articles with slightly different perspectives.
  http://irjci.blogspot.com/2008/02/rural-vote-on-super-tuesday-closely.html
  http://www.dailyyonder.com/clinton-and-huckabee-score-best-super-tuesdays-rural-counties
  
• Florida - McCain and Clinton won Florida's non-metro counties:
  http://www.dailyyonder.com/florida-primaries-mostly-urban-state-gives-little-clue-super-tuesday
  
• South Carolina - This aticle from The Daily Yonder breaks down the vote in the South Carolina Republican primary, showing McCain's margin over Huckabee in the rural part of the state.
  http://www.dailyyonder.com/mccain-wins-south-carolinas-most-urban-and-rural
  Obama's margin of vistory was largest in the rural portions of South Carolina:
  http://www.dailyyonder.com/obama-wins-biggest-rural-south-carolina
  
• Nevada - Which Democratic candidate carried rural Nevada?  It depends on how you define rural!  This article from The Rural Blog explains:
  http://irjci.blogspot.com/2008/01/news-reports-give-rural-nevada-to-obama.html
  
• New Hampshire - This articles from The Rural Blog discuss the rural votes in the new Hampsire primary, showing that Obama edged out Clinton in rural New Hampshire.
  http://irjci.blogspot.com/2008/01/rural-results-in-new-hampshires-primary.html

Other Presidential Race Analysis

• This story from The Daily Yonder looks at the candidate supported by the Representatives of our most rural districts.
  http://www.dailyyonder.com/rural-reps-are-they-turning-obama