Rural issues seem to fall into the category of topics where Americans’ default patterns of reasoning prevent them from seeing and engaging with important facts. This report is intended to help advocates better understand those default patterns of reasoning, since without addressing them, advocates are unlikely to make breakthroughs in raising public concern.
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