Yifan (Flora) He (@florayifanhe.bsky.social)

Explaining Rural Conservatism: Political Consequences of Technological Change in the Great Plains Explaining Rural Conservatism: Political Consequences of Technological Change in the Great Plains By Aditya Dasgupta, University of California, Merced; Elena Ramirez, University of California, Merced. Rural areas are conservative electoral strongholds in the United States and other advanced capitalist economies. But this was not always the case. What explains the rise of rural conservatism? This paper argues that technological change transformed not only agriculture but rural political preferences during the twentieth century. https://politicalsciencenow.com/explaining-rural-conservatism-political-consequences-of-technological-change-in-the-great-plains/