http://www.slate.com/blogs/blogs/bigsort/archive/2008/09/19/will-rural-voters-make-it-three-in-a-row.aspxRural and exurban voters made George Bush president—twice. You can see that in the chart below. It simply counts the vote in rural, exurban, and urban counties and subtracts the John Kerry totals from the Bush totals. Kerry won the nation's metro areasenCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.2)