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clinton: Nationwide, rural voters backed Trump over Clinton 62 percent to 34 percent, according to exit polling conducted by the Associated Press and television networks, according to Bloomberg. That compares with 61 percent for Romney and 37 percent for President Barack Obama in 2012. function global function ad Code politics/story dimensions id 1 0 3 1 9 strategy targeting ; ; window ; These counties are the heart of the traditional Republican base, but Trump is hardly a traditional Republican, a thrice-married Manhattanite and former reality television star who boasted of groping women. Trump scored some of his biggest margins in rural counties, places where the billionaire businessman pulled off a particularly tricky political feat convincing voters that he alone was able to understand their economic pain. Many rural voters, however, looked beyond Trump past, believing his testimony of finding a greater faith later in life. These are the folks who feel most disconnected from urban areas and a more global view of the world, said William Frey, a senior demographer at the Washington-based Brookings Institution. They also were ruthlessly pragmatic, making their hopes for a brighter economic future and a right-leaning Supreme Court for a generation central to their support. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.