Red areas suck at Big Government’s teats more than blue

Trump and other conservatives ignore how their supporters are greater socialists than liberals when it comes to government assistance

Leslie County, population 11,310 in southeastern Kentucky, is Ground Zero for Trump Country.

In 2016, some 89.4 percent of voters there cast ballots for Trump, the highest percentage of any county in that state and one of the largest in the nation. About one-third live below the federal poverty level. Some 97 percent of residents are white.