> But back to the original point: I don't think it's hard to explain why
> poor rural folk vote for an anti-poor party if they are against big
> government on principle.
Well, yeah. But poor rural folk being against big government in principle would also be something crying out for explanation. How do poor rural folk feel about farm subsidies?
> True, but this might have something to do the fact that when Carter
> was first running he was considered the first evangelical for President.
I doubt it made much difference. Dukakis won Harlan county in 1988 with almost 60% of the vote!
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