The number of new COVID-19 infections in rural America dropped slightly last week but remained at near-record numbers as the nation heads into the holiday weekend. New infections in rural counties numbered 204,960 last week, a 7 percent drop from the previous week’s record-setting 220,554 cases. COVID-related deaths also […]
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The latest Fox News poll suggests Donald Trump’s rural advantage has dropped by two-thirds since 2016. When is a lead not a lead? When it’s a mere 9-point advantage for Donald Trump among rural voters, which is what the latest Fox News poll is reporting. In 2016, Trump won the rural vote […]
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Coronavirus hotspots at meatpacking plants – especially in the Midwest – are a major source of COVID-19 in most of the rural counties with the worst infection rates. Fourteen of the 25 counties with rural America’s highest infection rates link the spread of the virus back to food-processing facilities. Prison […]
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