Harvest Public Media Rural areas often use slow cellular or wired internet access, and some places don't have any access at all Donald Trump won two-thirds of the vote in rural areas in the last two presidential elections — highlighting what some see as a growing divide between rural and urban America. Now, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank is suggesting the Biden administration look to expand broadband internet access in rural areas to help bridge that divide. The Brookings Institution’s access across the country. Most rural areas don’t have such access because private companies do not find them profitable.