The economy turned around under Obama and continued improving. Trump is falsely taking credit for it.
And Reagan's policies were so bad that we're still recovering from them. I know Fox News has defied Reagan, but he expanded the size of the government, raised taxes, gave illegals amnesty, and increased the debt ceiling. If he was running for president today, you'd call him a RINO.
So how come the rural blue states do better than the rural red states?
The reason one cannot argue with dishonest fools.