A new poll finds that Rural Americans believe elected officials ignore small communities and fail to invest in their future. The poll was conducted by Celinda Lake of Lake Research Partners and Ed Goeas of The Tarrance Group for the Center for Rural Affairs, and the announcement below is cross-posted from the Center for Rural Affairs.

Rural Poll Released Today
By Center for Rural Affairs on June 25, 2013 – 8:57am

As Congress argues over farm subsidies and food stamps, Rural Americans complain that elected officials ignore small communities and fail to invest in their future. So found a unique, comprehensive poll of Rural Americans on the role of federal policy in creating economic opportunity for rural people and a future for their communities. The poll was conducted by the nationally respected bipartisan polling team of Celinda Lake of Lake Research Partners and Ed Goeas of The Tarrance Group and released today by the Center for Rural Affairs of Lyons, NE.