David Park has data … data! on where bitter, god- and gun-clinging poor rural voters turn:
Park writes:
We can see a steady decline of Republican support among rural poor voters starting in 1972. Even with a big jump in 2000, support for the Republican presidential candidate was less than 50 percent. So, Obama, it looks like poor rural Americans have no problem voting for Democrats.
Guns, religion … and government transfers?
Will Wilkinson 