Wonder what happened to the push for rural philanthropy? It has long been a truism that foundations follow election results. How could they not? On November 6th, the majority of voters in rural America cast their ballot for former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. Rural voters accounted for only 14 percent of the electorate but favored Romney with 61 percent of their votes. That showing obviously doesn’t reflect how the overall election results turned out, so what’s the upshot?

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