Existing studies on the contemporary US urban-rural divide have neglected its potential role
in non-voting political participation. Theoretically, there are mixed expectations: for example …

This article uses the 2011–2019 National Survey of Family Growth to explore how
masculinity attitudes differ by rural, suburban, and urban contexts across three social axes …

Abstract The United States' long-standing broad “catch-all” political parties have historically
combined voters from distinct regions of the country, each including both rural and urban …

The authors redress the commonplace narrative of rural decline. Data from the decennial
censuses since 1980 reveal that rural growth is often counted as metro growth; that is, it is …

The question,“What is rural?”, has become increasingly salient to scholars of American
politics over the past decade, especially after the 2016 election of Donald Trump. While …

The US has seen an increase in affective polarization and negative partisanship over the
past few decades. Among other factors, previous work suggests that politically …

" Defund the police.” This slogan became a rallying cry among Black Lives Matter protesters
following the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis in May 2020. These three words evoke …

In‐depth explorations of LGBTQ attitudes among rural Americans are sparse and often rely
upon sweeping stereotypes that cluster all perspectives into one broad statement such as …

Over the past few decades, few topics have garnered as much national notoriety in the field
of politics as political polarization, prompting inquiries from academics of innumerable …

In this study, we used data drawn from a 2021 online survey to assess urban Texas
residents' perceptions of rural people and places. We also evaluated how respondents' …