http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/bigsort/archive/tags/independents/Rural+voters/default.aspxTags: independents, Rural votersenCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.2)http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/bigsort/archive/2008/10/07/if-this-is-a-change-election-then-what-s-changed.aspxTue, 07 Oct 2008 11:56:00 GMTb38b617e-fbf1-4816-b2a6-f11ec83af8cb:3803Bill Bishop0http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/bigsort/comments/3803.aspxhttp://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/bigsort/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3803Let's consider what's not new in this election. There's a lot. The last five or six elections have been pushed along by trends that have been in place since the mid-1970s. Despite the extraordinary circumstances this year, the basic political contours...(<a href="http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/bigsort/archive/2008/10/07/if-this-is-a-change-election-then-what-s-changed.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://www.slate.com/blogs/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3803" width="1" height="1">Political SegregationDemocratsRural votersEvangelicalsChurchesChangeRepublicanswomenindependents