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If that were the case, the red-and-blue 2000-Presidential-election-results-by-county map would have been blue in the sparsely-populated rural areas, rather than red.

And yet, the rural areas are more susceptible to the populist sentiments that Dems like to exploit. Think 1930s, not 2000. The political landscape was quite different back then.

Here are the presidential maps (not as detailed as the nice Bush Country county by county map, but illustrative just the same) for the Roosevelt Years:

Blue is the Republican challeger (taking the electoral college vote for that state). Darker red is heavy Democrat support, lighter/brighter red is more Republican support in a Democrat won state.

1932

1936

1940

1944

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At the site, you can click on each state for more details. After 1936, there is winning support for the Republican presidential candidate in Kansas. Superman is introduced in 1938 (when the author-artist team take the advice of a SF author to take their character from a planet of super powered people and placing him on earth among ordinary people).