Here is the theory. I don't know how accurate it is: Put FOX news in every rural area tavern in the country around the clock. Since these people can't afford cable TV in their own homes, this propaganda is all they saw. I don't know if this was sponsored by the Republicans, or if it is just the way it worked out. Bill Clinton is almost singly responsible for cable bills being astronomically high with no choice. The irony of this election never fails to surprise.
They may not live like you, but they have a bigger tv (it takes up the whole front room) than you do. Plus a bass boat that costs more than anything you own that you don't need, and they need the bass boat! I can convince them global warming is real easier than I can convince you that real normal people live outside the big fence around the little blue city. They watch people like you on tv for entertainment.
Most rural homes have cable and or dish satellite. Most rural bars have sports (especially Nascar) on all the channels. Your theory is nothing.
In the pokie, Fox local is all you get to watch morning until night. Sometimes it's local news, sometimes it's sports, most the time it is just garbage.
Yeah, they like the pretty flashy things and bombast. And they like being assured that their delusions are correct.