Eight years ago, Hillary Clinton won two-thirds of the rural vote in the New York primary. This time, she lost the state’s rural and small-city vote by 20 points, says the Daily Yonder. “The difference in rural and urban voting patterns in New York couldn’t be clearer,” says the Yonder. “Clinton won 13 counties, all urban. (Sen. Bernie) Sanders won 49 counties, half either rural or micropolitan (counties with towns between 10,000 and 50,000 people). Most Democratic votes are in the cites. Only 4.6 percent of Democratic voters Tuesday lived in rural or micropolitan counties.”
Overall, Clinton won the Democratic primary by nearly a 3-to-2 ratio. Her victory margin in the city was slightly higher than the statewide margin of 16 percentage points. Republican front-runner Donald Trump won the Republican primary with 60 percent of the vote. He did best in the cities and easily out-ran Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and Gov. John Kasich of Ohio throughout the state. In many states, Trump has done better in rural areas than in the city.
“For Democrats, the New York presidential primary results continue a trend: Sanders sees his percentage of the vote rise in rural counties and in small towns,” said the Yonder.