Why are urban areas more liberal and rural areas more conservative?
in urban areas you have to deal with different people of different creed, religion, sexuality etc nearly everyday. this usually means having a liberal mindset makes these day to day situations easier to handle. in the countryside you see the same people everyday day in day out so therefore dealing with the same people often of the same race and religion why would there be any need to liberallaly thinking considering everyone else isnt and thats the way youve no doubt been brought up if you live in the country
Why are urban areas more liberal than rural areas? Which reason is the most critical?
The larger your city the more you see. You interact with all races and religions, you see obscenely rich, and disgustingly poor. Living in a city gives you a broader view of society as a whole. You see a bigger picture than a small town can provide with its limited world view. City dwellers are generally liberals because they see the failures of the country’s policies up close. Its easy to say abortion should be outlawed in theory, most of us would never do it. But its also hard to argue against it when you see the miserable lives of children whose parents clearly never wanted them, and a system that doesn't having loving adoptive homes for all of them. You can't see that reality up close and personal yet STILL stand on simple principle and say, too bad have the child and let it live a miserable abused life because that's what (blank) says should happen no exceptions. There is nothing wrong with being a conservative, but small town folks have the luxury of ignorance, the rest of us see things up close.
Why do American liberals seem to have such contempt for white working class people?
Because they're an easy target. You can't be accused of racism for targeting poor whites. there are plenty of cultural stereotypes out there already....they are an accepted figure of fun in American popular culture. Beginning with Archie Bunker, then Tim the Tool Man, Family Guy, The Simpsons.... Probably this stems from the whole BS of the"Nothing succeeds like success" mentality promoted ad infinitum by the corporates and the advertising industry. If you don't have enough dosh to consume for the sake of consumption you are not only a figure of derision...but who gives a sweet fark if you're offended? I mean...it's not like they were anyone's ideal target market is it??? What would happen if people on minimum wage were to gather together and boycott advertisers and corporations who make sport of them?? The poor ba$rards can't afford to buy groceries for the week let alone fly to the West coast for the weekend,, they don't drink Crystal champagne or dress their kids in Baby Gap.They're not booking holidays in The Hamptons or deciding which Broadway shows they might like to see this year. They're simply working their malnourished ar$es off in essential services like garbage collection and sewerage maintenance. they're only building the roads the rich drive their limos on, cleaning the floors in the luxury malls they buy their mistresses diamonds from, washing the windows in the Penthouses the superior ar$eholes use to look down upon them from. And I am sure they often take umbrage at the cheap jokes made at their expense. But taking a day...or even an hour off to stage a street protest about the issue would mean one less meal that week for their kids. So they are silent in the face of their subjugation...and so it goes on.