Word: ruralism
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Latham, who represents a district with more than 18,000 sq. mi. of the nation's most fertile soil, told voters he would take his rural values to Washington. He calls himself a "progressive conservative"; as a deficit hawk, he was named a Taxpayer's Hero by the Council for the Citizens Against Government Waste. You can even check the national debt's growth on Latham's Website www.house.gov/latham)...
JOHN DIVINE (D) District 1 (Rural west--Salina; Hutchinson; Dodge City...
Maine is still mostly rural, and its people--from the potato farmers of Aroostook County to the lobstermen of the choppy Atlantic--retain a well-developed delight in the American gift of independence. Once the barometer of the country--"As Maine goes, so goes the nation"--the Pine Tree State has become a bit of a political aberration: there are more minor-party or unaffiliated voters there than either registered Republicans or Democrats. In 1992 a third of Maine's voters opted for third-party presidential candidate Ross Perot, and in 1994 each of its congressional districts switched parties...
...Majority Leader this year, Cochran remains a respected figure on both sides of the aisle. His reputation for intelligent bipartisanship--as chair of two agriculture committees, he mediates disputes between commodity interests--is replicated at home, where his popularity crosses both color and ideological lines. Cochran supports food stamps, rural housing and traditionally black colleges, and his agricultural leadership has earned the respect of the state's farmers...
...Helms is both a charming Southern gentleman and a sharp-tongued, dedicated foe of those who cross him. His rural, religious archconservatism is the product of an older North Carolina, but 345,000 people have settled in the state since 1990--perhaps blunting the political effectiveness of Helms' controversial verve...