What does a countryman mean?

In the United States, one way to crack down on the opposition is that they can only cater to those ignorant and stubborn voters. There is a word commonly used by Americans that contains this meaning: Redneck. Redneck is a word, which is actually composed of two words: red and neck. Literally, redneck is: red neck.

Poor farmers in the southern United States always have red necks because they work in the sun every day. Most of these southern farmers are white. Generally speaking, they are rude, stubborn, ignorant and racist, and they don't like black people. American conservatives are willing to win them over.

example sentence

1: Usually the country people in this state will vote for the Conservative candidate. But this year is hard to predict, because they are affected by the economic slowdown. ?

Farmers in this state usually vote for conservative candidates. However, it is hard to say this year, because the bad economic situation has hurt them.