In the early 20th century, voters in rural Australia began to organise politically for the first time – and proved crucial to the ousting of the reformist Labor government in 1913.
How will Trump’s rural and small-town voters affect American politics after he’s gone?
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Rural and small-town residents believe they aren't getting their fair share from the government. A majority of them were Trump supporters in 2016. How will they vote when Trump is gone?
While farmers are the familiar face of rural Australia, most jobs are not in agriculture or mining.
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Rural and regional Australia is a big and diverse place, but some broad common issues do emerge as policy priorities.
Stacey Abrams is the first African-American woman to deliver a State of the Union response in the 53-year history of this tradition.
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The South is changing, with more Asian and Latino immigrants moving in and diversifying a region that was once black and white. Stacey Abrams knows that Democrats can win these rural voters.