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Hillary Clinton built her ten-point margin over Barack Obama with overwhelming wins in rural and exurban Pennsylvania.

Farming is a shorthand for rural during campaigns. But the assumption that you can talk about agriculture as a surrogate for small towns leaves rural America short-changed.
Both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have shown the difficulty of leadership without arrogance. It's a lesson that rural America can teach.
Senator Obama's depiction of rural Americans at a gathering of urbanites set off a new cluster of campaign brushfires. Did the message about rural economies burn up along the way?
Hispanic Americans are less likely to vote than are Blacks, Asians, and non-Hispanic Whites, largely because they haven't registered. Two North Carolina groups are trying to change that in the state's rural eastern counties.
My friend Linda Lou didn't need to learn what I know best about politics, which is giving concession speeches.