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Rural Buzz: Swing-State Social-Media Users Battle over Covid-19 Facts and What They Mean

Tim Marema · May 29, 2020

Fewer social-media users in rural parts of battleground states criticized the president in the last week. But anti-Donald Trump statements are still the largest type of political comment coming from rural social-media users in Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.

Commentary: A Veteran Honors the Fallen, from Wars and Covid-19

Diana Oestreich · May 24, 2020

A former Iraq War Army medic says we must make Memorial Day more than a hashtag. To heal the nation requires honoring the dead, supporting the living, and relying on the power of hope, says Diana Oestreich.

Rural Voters

Q&A: Richard Besser, Philanthropic Leader and Former Head of the CDC

Taylor Sisk · May 22, 2020

As states reopen their economies, we need to pay careful attention to what happens to rural areas and other marginalized communities, says the president of the nation’s largest health-focused foundation.

Rural Voters

The Rural Buzz: ‘Confusion Reigns’ in Online Pandemic Conversation

Tim Marema · May 22, 2020

Also, for the second week in a row, half of all political comments from public social-media users in rural parts of six swing states criticize the president for the way he is handling the crisis.

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Rural Social-Media Study: Anti-Trump Comments Rise While Death-Rate Debate Rages

Tim Marema · May 14, 2020

Democrats have an opportunity to erode some of the Republican rural advantage this year, says One Country co-founder Heidi Heitkamp, the former U.S. senator from North Dakota.

Coronavirus

Rural Social-Media Study: Less of Trump on TV Seems to Improve His Standing Online

Tim Marema · May 7, 2020

Donald Trump has reduced his media presence and the controversial statements that went with it. That seems to have helped reduce the proportion of anti-Trump comments made by social-media users in rural parts of six swing states.

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Rural Social-Media Study: Growing Acceptance of the Crisis and Continued Criticism of Trump

Tim Marema · Apr 30, 2020

A decline in the number of public posts about Covid-19 in rural parts of six swing states may indicate people are adjusting to a new normal. Anti-Trump comments continue to constitute about half of the political comments analyzed in the…

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Rural Social Media Continues to Criticize Trump While Adding New Concerns about Economy

Tim Marema · Apr 23, 2020

The One Country study looks at the public posts of rural social-media users in six swing states. Anti-Trump posts climbed slightly in the last week, along with concerns about the impact of job losses and business failures.

Coronavirus

Democratic Study of Rural Social Media Finds Broad Criticism of Trump

Tim Marema · Apr 17, 2020

Nearly half of the social-media posts coming out of rural parts of six swing states criticizes the president for the way he is handling the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a report released by a rural-focused Democratic organization.

Rural Voters

Rural Voters Are Part of Liberal Shift in Wisconsin State Supreme Court Race

Tim Marema and Bill Bishop · Apr 14, 2020

Donald Trump won among Wisconsin rural voters by 20 points in 2016. Last week, the conservative justice Trump endorsed for the state Supreme Court won rural by only 3 points and lost the election overall.

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