Political mobilizations in small towns have come to play a disproportionate role in today’s national politics. This article examines the conditions giving rise to small‐town mobilizations through an in‐depth case study of Tonganoxie, Kansas. Residents of this town mounted a massive campaign to block the opening of a Tyson chicken processing plant in 2017. The article draws on interviews, observations, a newspaper claims database, and extractions from the “No Tyson in Tongie” Facebook group page. The article maintains that a racialized cultural framework (“rural idyll”) among White middle‐class residents helped them perceive the plant as an existential threat. Social networks, sustained through social media, enabled the same residents to mobilize in a fast and forceful manner. We suggest that in “hybrid” towns (partially rural and suburban), the “rural idyll” is politically decisive. It unites recently settled and established residents in battles to defend a particularly racialized and classed way of life.

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“汤尼中没有泰森！”：保护堪萨斯州乡村生活方式的战斗*

小城镇的政治动员在当今的国家政治中起着不成比例的作用。本文通过对堪萨斯州汤加诺西市的深入案例研究，考察了导致小镇动员的条件。该镇的居民发起了一场大规模运动，以阻止泰森鸡肉加工厂在2017年开业。该文章借鉴了采访，观察，报纸上的索赔数据库以及Facebook组页面中“汤加没有泰森”的摘录。该文章认为，白人中产阶级居民中种族化的文化框架（“农村田园诗”）帮助他们将植物视为存在的威胁。通过社交媒体维持的社交网络使同一居民能够快速而有力地动员起来。我们建议在“混合型”城镇（部分为农村和郊区），“农村田园诗”在政治上具有决定性。它团结了新近定居和定居的居民，为捍卫特别种族化和阶级化的生活方式而斗争。