I read in another topic that "corn is more Democrat than wheat, and wheat is more Democrat than cattle." What I'm curious to know is, where would mining and resource extraction fall on this spectrum? I'm thinking it'd be over to the right with the cattle, because most hard-core environmentalists tend to be Democrats, and people who work in mining and resource extraction see the Democrat environmental platform as a threat to their livelihood. Correct me if I'm wrong, though.
I've heard, "Cotton is Democratic and wheat is Republican," and that was certainly the case in Texas up until the late 20th century.
Doesn't copper and silver mining in the Western US tend to correlate with Democratic political leanings in places like Montana?
