Interesting that this thread got so political and off on topics like who is smarter, or better informed. Maybe everyone needs to back up a bit.
I grew up just outside of DC, and when to school with lots of kids whose parents were congressmen or senators. From what I always understood, most of rural America voted republican, because the republic congressman and senators tended to be more successful at delivering farm subsidies. (Not to say that some democrats haven’t done their share to deliver farm subsidies too) Maybe that’s changed, but I’m still pretty sure that most farmers are more concerned about farm subsidies and price supports than social issues or politics.
Course, I could just be plain wrong, but that’s always the way I heard it.
