Quote Originally Posted by Eki
The poor and ignorant rednecks are usually very conservative and right wing, because they are stupid enough to believe in the American Dream and believe that everybody including them can get rich at will. Their greed and stupidity are excellent fuel for pyramid schemes and other scams.
It is more sinister, really. The rednecks are puppets to their strange churches in the rural zones, which are almost as radical as the Taliban. And as the GOP connects religion with politics, the rednecks vote for them.
Check this site:
Rise of the Religious Right in the Republican Party