Tim Slack quoted in Newsweek
Tim Slack, professor of sociology at Louisiana State University, was recently quoted in a Newsweek article titled “Trump’s Approval Rating With Rural Voters Has Plunged by Double Digits—Poll.” Slack’s expertise was consulted on why the president’s approval rating has fallen in rural areas. In the article, he notes that the economy is central to Trump’s declining approval rating among rural Americans, who already tend to have lower incomes than urbanites. As prices have climbed, especially for fuel and food, rural residents have been at a disadvantage. Rural wages have also been lower than in urban areas for a long period. As Slack says in the article, “The economic relief they thought was coming hasn’t reached their gas tanks or paychecks, and that financial frustration is starting to reflect in the poll numbers.”