Backwater blues: how populism reveals rural resentment in the US and Europe

How could Trump win? After the US election, media everywhere started churning out explanations to understand a victory they failed to see coming. A consensus appears to be that Trump won because his populist message successfully addressed feelings of resentment held by many Americans.

If we accept that populism indicates resentment, we learn from these elections that resentment is foremost found in the American countryside. People in the countryside voted for Trump, urban dwellers voted for Clinton.

Using populism as telltale, a quick glance at Europe shows that we can suspect rural resentment