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The number of counties where minority groups form a majority of the local population continues to rise in rural America. The Yonder lists all the U.S. rural counties where minorities are now (or will soon be) the majority.
The fastest population growth in the United States took place in the exurbs, the in-between counties that aren't urban yet but aren't fully rural either.
Hillary Clinton scored big in Appalachian counties. Barack Obama did equally well in Southern cities. The Democratic primary reveals a divided nation.
In an early analysis of half a dozen states, the Yonder finds a clear division in votes for Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. Obama does better in the cities; Clinton scores more votes in rural counties.
In the third quarter of the presidential race, Hillary Clinton received the most donations from rural America — and Republican Fred Thompson was a close second.
The presidential campaigns drew most of their rural contributions from the very richest rural counties. And donations suggest there are blue ski communities and red ones.
When presidential candidates go out Yonder for campaign contributions, they head for wealth and connections. Which rural counties have been most generous to the candidates so far? DY has the list.
