First, it is remarkable that nowhere in this article is there a mention of religion. .Second, in both 2016 and 2020, the GOP overwhelmingly won counties that had lost jobs. Democrats overwhelmingly won counties that gained jobs. It was stark. The Times reported on this..Third, the rural counties voting more heavily GOP would also gain the most from universal public health care, expanded medicaid or medicare; expanded child support services; expanded broad band, and many, many other policies advanced by the Democrats..By contrast, trillion dollar tax cuts for billionaires do not help people of limited education and limited job prospects in rural America. Yet that is what people in rural America vote for..Fourth, as the Times has reported, social mobility correlates positively with education and with social contact with people from more advantaged backgrounds.  As the Times reported in the same article, it correlates negatively with church attendance. .Religion is one of the strongest factors driving both voting behavior and the economic and social problems of the counties that are losing jobs and losing population..Yet there is not one word about the harmful influence of religion in this entire long article..Remarkable.

First, it is remarkable that nowhere in this article is there a mention of religion. .Second, in both 2016 and 2020, the GOP overwhelmingly won counties that had lost jobs. Democrats overwhelmingly won counties that gained jobs. It was stark. The Times reported on this..Third, the rural counties voting more heavily GOP would also gain the most from universal public health care, expanded medicaid or medicare; expanded child support services; expanded broad band, and many, many other policies advanced by the Democrats..By contrast, trillion dollar tax cuts for billionaires do not help people of limited education and limited job prospects in rural America. Yet that is what people in rural America vote for..Fourth, as the Times has reported, social mobility correlates positively with education and with social contact with people from more advantaged backgrounds.  As the Times reported in the same article, it correlates negatively with church attendance. .Religion is one of the strongest factors driving both voting behavior and the economic and social problems of the counties that are losing jobs and losing population..Yet there is not one word about the harmful influence of religion in this entire long article..Remarkable.

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