Why does Trump win over rural America? Why will the young take to the streets yet choose not to vote

[RazzleCat]

6. some ideas

Why does rural America vote for Trump. My ideas with no facts to back.

1. Anger, farmers are getting hurt, and have been for a long time. There are multiple reasons for the destruction of farming communities. Commercial agriculture, climate change, imported foods. Pick one. No matter what, it just does not work the way it did, so a "screw it" try this guy, if I am going down so are you.

2. Abortion, I can think of no other single issue that people will over look everything else. You say your the spawn of Satan, but you will stop abortions, well then your my guy.

3. Projection, many rural people have a I can fix it, use your common sense, so Trumps, I alone can fix it, I am the outsider, I know how the system works, works for them.

4. Tradition, my family has been Republican for my whole life.

Why does the youth of the nation not show up?

1. Protesting is "cool and fun". Don't hate, we have all been locked down, no school, no work, no bars, no restaurants, even in many case no work to varying degrees in different regions of the county. Protest is one of the few "acceptable" activities, plus you don't have a job to go to so you can do it every day. Think back to your youth (I am in my 60's) the idea of just staying home is just a huge no, but you have nothing else to do, and no social interaction. l I know BLM is important, and justified, I am pro BLM, but I also believe that the movement would not have been able to sustain this continuous protesting with out the asset of Covid, shutting down the economy giving so many lots of time to do this.

2. My candidate did not win. I wanted Bernie or Warren or Yang. Biden is not going to make change we need a revolution. So why bother.

3. Voting does not make a difference/generational learning. Something like only 60% of eligible voters voted in 2016, some new voters come from a family that did not vote, or only voted in "big elections". Not sure how to say this, I can remember as a child (kindergartner age), going to the booth with my mom, voting was something I aspired todo because it was what mom and dad did. Voting was as adult as drinking or driving. Voting was one of those adult privileges that I wanted to do.

None of the above is an excuse for either rural or youth, just some thoughts. Nor is any of it fact checked