In the last few decades, the United States has experienced several related and significant societal trends—the transition of the energy system away from coal, the intensification of partisan polarization, and the rise of a populist right-wing political ideology, perhaps best exemplified by the election of Donald Trump. We build Gramling and Freudenberg’s little-explored concept of “development channelization” to argue that nostalgic right-wing populism, grievances directed toward the federal government, and partisanship converge to potentially thwart efforts to transition and diversify rural economies. Populist nostalgia and blame are associated with support for expanding the collapsing coal industry but do not predict support for other types of development. There are patterns of partisan polarization in support for extractive industries and wind power, but many development options appear to be relatively nonpartisan. We discuss these findings in terms of populism, nostalgia, partisan polarization, and the potential for rural renewal in the United States.

在过去的几十年里，美国经历了几个相关且重要的社会趋势——能源系统从煤炭转型、党派两极分化加剧以及民粹主义右翼政治意识形态的兴起，也许最好的例证是唐纳德特朗普的选举。我们构建了 Gramling 和 Freudenberg 鲜为人知的“发展渠道化”概念，以论证怀旧的右翼民粹主义、对联邦政府的不满和党派偏见可能会阻碍农村经济转型和多样化的努力。民粹主义的怀旧情绪和指责与支持扩大崩溃的煤炭行业有关，但并不预示会支持其他类型的发展。在支持采掘业和风力发电方面存在党派两极分化的模式，但许多发展选择似乎是相对无党派的。我们从民粹主义、怀旧情绪、党派两极分化以及美国农村复兴的潜力来讨论这些发现。