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What happens to rural and small-town Trump voters after Trump is gone?

  • Written by J. Edwin Benton, Professor of Political Science and Public Administration, University of South Florida
How will Trump's rural and small-town voters affect American politics after he's gone?AP/David Goldman

If one word can capture the sentiment of rural and small-town dwellers in recent years, it is “resentment.”

I am a scholar who studies politics at the state and local level. Residents of rural and small-town communities believe they...

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