New Fox poll suggests Trump's rural edge way down from 2016 - Entrepreneur Generations

The latest Fox News poll found that President Trump has only a 9-point lead over Joe Biden, less than one-third of his rural advantage in the last presidential election.

"In 2016, Trump won the rural vote by 33 points — 64 percent compared to Hillary Clinton’s 31%. In key battleground states like Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin, Trump’s advantage with rural voters was decisive," Tim Marema and Bill Bishop report for The Daily Yonder. "If Trump’s rural support really is running at about one third of the 2016 level, that spells trouble."

However, Bishop and Marema note that the electoral system weights votes differently, so it's unclear how much trouble Trump is in. Read more here for a deeper dive into how the rural vote played out in 2016 and what today's numbers could mean for Trump this November.

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