I think you will find in the data that rural counties where people of color are LEAST present are typically the MOST racist in their voting pattern. When there ARE some neighbors of color their reality is less frightening than their reputation as portrayed on Fox, for example. But there is another dynamic which explains why the whitest counties are the most racist. Their white residents are so racists that no blacks dare migrate to live there! I know counties in Oregon and Idaho like that. My guess is that both stories are true.
I think you will find in the data that rural counties where people of color are LEAST present are typically the MOST racist in their voting pattern. When there ARE some neighbors of color their reality is less frightening than their reputation as portrayed on Fox, for example. But there is another dynamic which explains why the whitest counties are the most racist. Their white residents are so racists that no blacks dare migrate to live there! I know counties in Oregon and Idaho like that. My guess is that both stories are true.
I don't doubt either point. They speak to levels, however, rather than trends or dynamics.