April 12, 2021 While many rural residents identify as Republican, messages from party leaders don’t hold much sway over vaccine rejection. SHOW TRANSCRIPT “When the story ran first time, within an hour, we had 1000 people sign up from other areas,” said Chuck Elliott, Assistant Fire Chief in Stephenville, Texas. Stephenville, Texas, Assistant Fire Chief Chuck Elliott oversees the county’s vaccination effort and welcomed the outside foot traffic, issuing a come one, come all…to use an abundance of Moderna vaccines. "That's our mission...to get folks vaccinated. Especially folks that are willing to come to Stephenville," he said. It’s not just a rural Texas thing. Rural and Republican strongholds across the country are seeing an uptick in city residents flocking to their communities to snag a vaccine.