"Penny Auction" at a farm, with a noose as a warning to bank agents who might attempt to bid, Michigan, USA, Great Depression, 1936

https://piefed.social/c/historyphotos/p/1952026/penny-auction-at-a-farm-with-a-noose-as-a-warning-to-bank-agents-who-might-attempt-to-b

The “West”, Kansas and all those farming states, was actually liberal back in the day. They understood the need for government aid and services. Farmers were still regular people, farming was hard work, you weren’t gonna be rich, and having help if things went badly was important.
Those people were probably as far as can be from being liberal. I get nowadays “liberal” doesn’t mean anything in the USA but in a historical context this is misleading. 20th century fascism didn’t rise in opposition to liberalism