Are these fans, who previously often gravitated toward other genres, searching for authenticity in a modern world?
A return to some mythologized simpler time, and music that offered safe and familiar storytelling?
Or did something else draw them in?
Country singer Jason Aldean joined Donald Trump at the Republican convention this summer.Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc/Getty Images
Country music has always been a good vehicle for that.
In other words, it sure was easy to listen to Morgan Wallen.
Instead, Wallens brand revolves around a combination of seemingly harmless Southern stuff (SEC football!
Country radio is notoriously hostile to women, with airplay for female artists generally hovering below 10 percent.
Kamalas Glock andcamo hats on their own just werent enoughto sway restless voters in the middle.
And so was Trump.
