{"id":3597,"date":"2025-07-29T16:47:47","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T16:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/news\/disaster-response-in-rural-america-diana-bryant-highlights-urgent-policy-needs-copy\/"},"modified":"2025-09-09T16:14:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T16:14:42","slug":"rural-voter-sentiment-post-election","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/news\/rural-voter-sentiment-post-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Ann Eisenberg Speculates on the Diminished Interest in Rural Voting Patterns in the 2024 Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-3597\" data-postid=\"3597\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-3597 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_12ba090 tb_first tf_w\">\n                        <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tb_col_count_1 tf_box tf_rel\">\n                        <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full tb_yhi3710 first\">\n                    <!-- module fancy heading -->\n<div  class=\"module module-fancy-heading tb_9d0d101 \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <h1 class=\"fancy-heading\">\n    <span class=\"main-head tf_block\">\n                    Ann Eisenberg Explores Rural Voter Sentiment Post-Election            <\/span>\n\n    \n    <span class=\"sub-head tf_block tf_rel\">\n                                <\/span>\n    <\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module fancy heading -->\n<!-- Breadcrumbs module -->\n<div  class=\"module module-breadcrumbs tb_c81o800 \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n\t<nav role=\"navigation\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\" class=\"tbp_breadcrumb_trail\"><ul class=\"tbp_trail_items\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/BreadcrumbList\"><meta name=\"numberOfItems\" content=\"1\" \/><meta name=\"itemListOrder\" content=\"Ascending\" \/><li itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\" class=\"tbp_trail_item tbp_trail_end\"><a itemprop=\"item\" href=\"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/\" rel=\"home\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Home<\/span><\/a><meta itemprop=\"position\" content=\"1\" \/><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div><!-- \/Breadcrumbs module -->\n<!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_v02p550   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p data-start=\"228\" data-end=\"667\"><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW6728604 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW6728604 BCX0\">Ann Eisenberg\u2019s<\/span><\/span><\/strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW6728604 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW6728604 BCX0\">recent<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW6728604 BCX0\">essay<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW6728604 BCX0\">, <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW6728604 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW6728604 BCX0\">Why Aren\u2019t We Talking About Rural Voters <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW6728604 BCX0\">Anymore?<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW6728604 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW6728604 BCX0\">,<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW6728604 BCX0\"> offers <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW6728604 BCX0\">a timely<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW6728604 BCX0\"> reflection on the political and legal implications of rural voter behavior in the 2024 election. Drawing from both legal scholarship and community narratives, <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW6728604 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW6728604 BCX0\">Eisenberg<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW6728604 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW6728604 BCX0\"> highlights the nuanced ways rural voters are engaging with democratic processes.<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW6728604 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"669\" data-end=\"993\">\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW10825047 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW10825047 BCX0\">\u201c<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW10825047 BCX0\">The realization that something other than the <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW10825047 BCX0\">supposed quirks<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW10825047 BCX0\"> of rural voters or the inherent flaws in rural populations must be at play in <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW10825047 BCX0\">determining<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW10825047 BCX0\"> our national elections might lead us to new, more fruitful avenues of analysis. <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW10825047 BCX0\">Something structural, and not cultural, now seems like a clearer explanation for Trump\u2019s 2024 win. And we should be <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW10825047 BCX0\">doing some work to understand those structural factors.\u201d &#8212; <strong>Ann Eisenberg<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW10825047 BCX0\">, West Virginia University College of Law<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW10825047 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-start=\"671\" data-end=\"993\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruralreconcile.org\/ruralreview\/reactions-to-rural-voters-2024-election\">\ud83d\udd17 Read the full article<\/a><\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->        <\/div>\n                        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> <strong>Ann Eisenberg&#8217;s<\/strong> essay, Why Aren\u2019t We Talking About Rural Voters Anymore?, examines the political and legal implications of rural voter behavior in the 2024 election. <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ruralreconcile.org\/ruralreview\/reactions-to-rural-voters-2024-election\">\ud83d\udd17 Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3599,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","news_announcements":[25,43],"class_list":["post-3597","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news_announcements-member-in-the-news","news_announcements-rural-law-and-justice","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"ptb_metabox":[],"ptb_taxonomy":{"news_announcements":[{"term_id":25,"name":"Member in the News","slug":"member-in-the-news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":25,"taxonomy":"news_announcements","description":"","parent":0,"count":45,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":43,"name":"Rural Law and Justice","slug":"rural-law-and-justice","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":43,"taxonomy":"news_announcements","description":"","parent":26,"count":15,"filter":"raw"}]},"ptb_featured_image":{"url":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/hybrid-storytellers-RMYwNoKykQY-unsplash.jpg","title":"hybrid-storytellers-RMYwNoKykQY-unsplash","caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/3597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news_announcements","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_announcements?post=3597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}