In the US also. I think they tend to be more religious, and the Republicans in the US have been playing to the religious really hard for 40 years now. Abortion has been a big wedge issue, against gay rights, which I guess they call family values or traditional values. Also, people in rural areas tend to feel like they can live off the land and take care of themselves and don’t like to pay taxes for services they don’t perceive they benefit from. Additionally, in America, the Republicans have pulled in the gun thing as part of their platform.