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Originally Posted by RebelR
Having grown up in rural areas, and still residing in a rural area, the main reason that people from small towns are conservative is that they grow up relying less on the government. So they see any left wing government with their hand out as a cash grab to subsidize urban population. There's less need for federal social programs, because things are done more at a local level. It has nothing to do with access to media. (yes I live in Canada, but it's an issue that transcends borders.)
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Yes, but what is the most ironic about this, is many of these rural states with loads of consertives, can't keep their states afloat with out hand outs from the federal govt. those hand outs come from states which are most often blue and very liberal.
Now to get back to my point, in big cities the population is usually very diverse. This means people have to be more willing to be open minded and accepting of other races and cultures. This is why most large cites are liberal ordinated.
Meanwhile people in rural areas don't usually deal with people of other races like you would in a large city. There is usually more separation between groups in a rural setting.