Opinion: How the story of The Villages explains America’s deepest political divisionsOpinion by Nicole HemmerShortly after my mother moved to The Villages, Florida, in 2013, I spent some time visiting her at her new home. A regular stop for conservatives campaigning for office or hawking books, The Villages cultivates conservative politics and a deep longing for an imaginary American past. Nostalgia fuels the architecture and artifice of The Villages, but it also fuels its politics. Sumter County, home to The Villages, gave 68% of its votes to Trump in both the 2016 and 2020 elections. The political tensions in The Villages were on full display during the 2020 campaign.

Source: CNN April 15, 2022 13:26 UTC