Question

How does Urban/Rural affect the way people in the United States view political questions

Answer 1

@Vocaloid

Answer 2

@Shadow

Answer 3

@zarkam21 what do you mean by urban/rural?

Answer 4

I dont even know here is the entire assignment so you can take alook

Answer 5

The urban;rural part is what I have left

Answer 6

Okay.

Answer 7

https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/politics/2016-election/urban-rural-vote-swing/

This article talks about the increasing polarization in urban and rural areas. Urban areas have been becoming increasingly more Democratic, and rural areas more Republican. Whilst the Democratic and Republican parties have been reigning long enough to make politics quite polarized in general, media have recently been increasing the divide between these two parties.

In a recent interview with Ben Shapiro, Ted Cruz, a senator from Texas said that Democrat turnout at primaries has gone up 100%. His seat is currently up for reelection and his Democrat counter part is out-raising him. This is why the media has created this divide, and put the heat under Donald Trump. Many people, mainly in urban areas which lean towards Democrat now (also typically liberal), goes out and funds Democratic politicians.

Now why does urban vote Democratic?

https://www.citylab.com/equity/2013/02/what-makes-some-cities-vote-democratic/4598/

This article discusses why, which is population density, specifically in regards to Obama's 2012 election win versus Romney. Specifically this is due to minorities, which Democrats have been notorious for catering towards in order to get votes. The article notes that "Obama clearly carried black and Hispanic voters."

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-baxley/african-americans-democratic_b_12680256.html

The above article notes that "in the 2008 election, 95 percent of the black vote went to Obama and in 2012 it was 93 percent." Additionally: "No Democratic presidential nominee has received less than 82 percent of the black vote since Kennedy’s 68 percent in 1960. And in the past 80 years, no Republican presidential nominee has done better than Eisenhower’s 39 percent in his 1956 reelection bid."

This article clears up what I have been leading up to:

http://news.gallup.com/poll/160373/democrats-racially-diverse-republicans-mostly-white.aspx

"Republicans are overwhelmingly non-Hispanic white, at a level that is significantly higher than the self-identified white percentage of the national adult population. Just 2% of Republicans are black, and 6% are Hispanic."

In short. Urban equates to Democrat, and rural equates to Republican. Due to where ethnicity lives, urban areas versus rural areas vote differently, and represent the polarization of the current political America.

Answer 8

So ...

your urban and rural location affects how you vote because of the representation of polarization. Urban areas tend to be more Democratic while rural areas Republican. America is represented through polarization and that is why urban and rural locations make a difference in voting.

Answer 9

IS this correct?

Answer 10

I would specifically reference that those areas vote for those parties in this sentence

"Urban areas tend to be more Democratic while rural areas Republican."

Answer 11

The whole idea is that minorities (African Americans and Hispanics) live in urban areas, and since they vote Democrat, urban areas vote Democrat. Rural areas are made up of generally white people, who vote Republican.

Answer 12

Thankssss

Answer 13

No problem