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"This law is no good": Excavating the Appeal of Right-Wing Populism in Rural New York (2018)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Hadley F. Kruczek-Aaron.

Polls conducted by Reuters-Ipsos after the 2016 election revealed that 75% of American voters wanted "a strong leader to take the country back from the rich and powerful," and 68% agreed that "traditional parties and politicians don’t care about people like [them]." A brand of right-wing populism emerged to speak to these concerns, and ultimately it helped deliver Trump to power. In this paper, I explore the roots of the appeal of this political movement in one rural region that voted...