{"id":4122,"date":"2025-05-16T16:37:35","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T16:37:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/news\/ann-eisenberg-speculates-on-the-diminished-interest-in-rural-voting-patterns-in-the-2024-election-copy\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T01:53:57","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T01:53:57","slug":"the-guardian-quotes-pruitt","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/ruralsociology.org\/news\/the-guardian-quotes-pruitt\/","title":{"rendered":"The Guardian Quotes Pruitt on Rural Governance and Political Polarization"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-4122\" data-postid=\"4122\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-4122 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n                    <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_rgmz600 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_woyq070 first\">\n                    <!-- module fancy heading -->\n<div  class=\"module module-fancy-heading tb_mnj8801 \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <h1 class=\"fancy-heading\">\n    <span class=\"main-head tf_block\">\n                    The Guardian Quotes Pruitt on Rural Governance and Political Polarization              <\/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_l45q004 \" 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_fsyt008   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n        <p data-start=\"228\" data-end=\"667\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXW129481276 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW129481276 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">In a story about political upheaval in rural far Northern California<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW129481276 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\"> and severe federal budget cuts<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW129481276 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">, <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW129481276 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW129481276 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">The Guardian<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW129481276 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW129481276 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\"> spoke to RSS Member <strong>Lisa R. Pruitt<\/strong><\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW129481276 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">.\u00a0 <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW129481276 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">The piece explores how shifts in local governance, fueled by partisan tension and disinformation, are affecting rural communities<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW129481276 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">.\u00a0 <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW129481276 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">Pruitt also speaks to disproportionate rural reliance on federal funding streams<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW129481276 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW129481276 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:false,&quot;134233118&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335559738&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:312,&quot;335559740&quot;:336}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-start=\"669\" data-end=\"993\">\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW226934931 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW226934931 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">\u201cThese cuts may, in fact, hurt rural communities harder because they just <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW226934931 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">don\u2019t<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW226934931 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\"> have their tax bases<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW226934931 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">.\u00a0 <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW226934931 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">Their bandwidth for providing all sorts of services is just much weaker to begin with, and that makes them more reliant on federal monies.\u201d<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW226934931 BCX0\" data-ccp-parastyle=\"Normal (Web)\">\u2014<strong>Lisa R. 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