That distances them from the state's suburban and rural voters.

It is a tactic intended to appeal to rural voters.

He is still the most popular political figure in the country, with a huge base among rural voters.

The urban electorate tends more toward the opposition than rural voters.

The rural, conservative voters here should be his most natural allies, and many of them are outraged, too.

It helped show Democrats elsewhere in the country that he could secure backing from white rural voters.

In a nod to suburban and rural voters, he also promised to cut property taxes.

Here, as there, he seems to be connecting best with rural and blue-collar voters.

Their traditional way of distributing money, in the name of public works, has only worked with rural voters.

In most areas, Bryan did better among rural voters than urban.