Town Vs. Country
March, 2005
In 1861 a conservative agrarian society was in militant rebellion against an urban industrial one. Watching the election returns last November, one was tempted to see an image, distorted but clearly recognizable, of the Civil War, as city after city went for Kerry, the countryside was solidly for Bush, and the suburbs—especially the outer suburbs—tipped the balance in favor of the Republicans. It wasn't red states against blue states so much as flaming red rural areas rising up against the big c...
