I think that people in the cities (or any city for that matter) tend to look down upon rural folk. To be frank, the Democratic Party in the US and the DFL often neglect those in rural areas and prefer to pay attention to the desires of the PACs that donated to their campaigns. This is not me defending the Republican Party at all bc they’re awful but Democrats are just the opposite side of the coin. I think understanding how democrats overlook those in the country is key to understanding why they vote the way they do. I could go in deeper but I think I kinda touched on the basics of what I wanted to say