I wasn't a big fan of What's the Matter with Kansas? but I was always a big fan of the Baffler and really liked One Market Under God. The Wall Street Journal, of all places, published a good essay by Thomas Frank, The GOP Loves the Heartland to Death. Worth a read, though at the end of the day, facts are irrelevant to this election, given the state of American political culture.
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Well, might as well be INTERNET FRIENDS.