[Grammar] don't matter much or don't much matter

[Laudator]

Sentence1:
The events beyond the flotilla don't much matter to the average citizen.

Sentence2:
But statistics don't matter much if it's your child that's shot, said Missy Carson Smith.

I got the first one from mass effect in-game dialog and the second one from CNN. I also googled "don't much matter" for other instances to make sure that the first sentence doesn't have a typo.

Then I'm confused. Do they have the same meaning? Is it just a personal choice to use which one?

 

[emsr2d2]

I'd use "don't matter much" but I've heard the other construction.

 

[Raymott]

It doesn't much matter which you say. They mean the same.

 

[probus]

I think that "It don't much matter" is more rustic than "It don't matter much." Having said that, they are both pretty rustic.

 

[emsr2d2]

Regardless of the choice of "matter much" and "much matter", you're going to sound "rustic" if you say "It don't" instead of "It doesn't".