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The simple answer is because they have more confidence in themselves and their neighbors. Notice that city dwellers must rely on Govt. to mother them. The country folks can take care of themselves. Notice also that the liberal city dwellers must live with more violence, theft, etc. than the conservative country folks. This leads to a feeling of helplessness and a need to be tolerant of destructive cultures and lifestyles. They employ the police and corrupt politicians to try to regain a sense of control, all the while giving up their control to the govt. Country folks are confident in their abilities to make a living and get along with each other. Generally, they have a more defined and effective value system that works as a sort of self govt. They see themselves a capable of taking care of themselves while their city counterparts feel helpless and incapable. The liberals have created the perfect liberal world for themselves and should keep their laws and ideals out of the self sufficient country/rural areas. Cities depend on rural America and should show it more respect. But, what do you expect from a bunch of self loathing, self absorbed, dependent, crying liberals?
What about the Appalachian Kentucky coal mining region? And the Delta region of Mississippi? Eastern Maine? Rather than "taking care of themselves", these rural places are among the most welfare and food.stamp dependent areas.
Historically rural areas have been Democrat. Robert Byrd was senator of West Virginia for decades and he was very liberal.
In many states, the state will vote for one party for president but the other party for governor or the state congress might be controlled by the other party. For example, in several southern states such as NC, only in recent years has the GOP won a majority in the state congress.
A state like West Virginia has moved to GOP in part because of energy policy, but it still has one Democratic senator.
Definitely not true. 7 of the top 10 most populated states voted for Trump in the last election (TX, FL, PA, OH, GA, MI and NC) and 5 more in the top 20 (AZ, IN, TN, MO, and WI). All of those states also have major metropolitan areas as well.
Historically rural areas have been Democrat. Robert Byrd was senator of West Virginia for decades and he was very liberal.
In many states, the state will vote for one party for president but the other party for governor or the state congress might be controlled by the other party. For example, in several southern states such as NC, only in recent years has the GOP won a majority in the state congress.
A state like West Virginia has moved to GOP in part because of energy policy, but it still has one Democratic senator.
Robert Byrd was not always a liberal, he became more liberal over time
The Democrat party had a lot of conservatives prior to LBJ
I think it's more a demographic reason. Most of our rural areas are white. White people tend to be more conservative than other races, partly because they consider themselves the vanguard of this country.
In cases where the rural areas are black (mississippi river valley) or hispanic (new mexico as someone mentioned) then they lean democrat. It's just these areas are far smaller than the other white rural areas.
Robert Byrd was not always a liberal, he became more liberal over time
The Democrat party had a lot of conservatives prior to LBJ
Ok, I don't think people who supported FDR New Deal type policies can be described as conservatives. The south shifted to the right as it became more middle class and suburban. The majority of conservatives / Republicans live in the suburbs in the south and other regions.
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