Rural red wave comes out for Trump

Trump supporters gather near in Salt Lake City, Utah on Tuesday. The Trump campaign’s hopes that a wave of voters would emerge in smaller regional areas for Tuesday’s election largely came to fruition (Rick Bowmer/AP)

President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign long maintained there were thousands of new supporters tucked into rural, red pockets of the country who would come out and vote for the president when asked.

On election day, there was proof.