Fri Nov 13, 2020, 08:41 AM

Democrats need to understand the rural voter

So for the last 30 years the MSM, Republicans, some Democrats, and actual Republican voters have said that Democrats are liberal coastal elites who have to do a better job of understanding the rural republican voter and stop treating them as ‘fly over country’, stupid, and different ...but the opposite has actually happened over those years...Democrats bend over backwards trying to court these voters (while alienating their base), and still get labeled liberal, socialist, communist, out of touch, elite, etc..

I am getting tired of after every election being told that we need to do a better job with these ignorant voters who are living in a conservative echo chamber and have no intention of voting for a Democrat....the Democrats would be better off not wasting their time courting them, but instead shaming them for their hateful beliefs....

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Democrats need to understand the rural voter (Original post)	Proud liberal 80	Nov 13	OP
Democrats need to urbanize rural areas nt	Xipe Totec	Nov 13	#1
please no. leave me my sanctuary from the crowds, stench, and noise	Amishman	Nov 13	#7
To me urbanize rural areas diesn't mean that	SlogginThroughIt	Nov 13	#11
We need to bring back the fairness doctrine to start the change.	Dustlawyer	Nov 13	#38
And it's a good point. I'd really like to see	wnylib	Nov 13	#41
that was tried with Air America. Why did it fail?	mdbl	Nov 13	#53
Don't know why it failed.	wnylib	Nov 13	#85
all the right-wing hate radio stations in my town are talking out the ass shows all day	mdbl	Nov 13	#90
Tgen it seems to me that the kind of	wnylib	Nov 13	#92
Nope. The heads in this market are soaked with RW crap	mdbl	Nov 14	#98
Don't forget the Republicon Jesus religious stations.	Ligyron	Nov 13	#50
To me that is where Steyer and other can do the most.	SlogginThroughIt	Nov 13	#77
Yeah, that's how I would take that	PatSeg	Nov 13	#40
We could show some appreciation	wnylib	Nov 13	#48
I've lived in small towns, big cities,	PatSeg	Nov 13	#78
Rural voters. Are. Responsible. For. Mitch MCConnell's Power.	lostnfound	Nov 13	#30
I have never noticed a stench in Atlanta	Politicub	Nov 13	#39
I bristled at "stench" as well.	maxsolomon	Nov 13	#75
I love the diversity of cities and	wnylib	Nov 13	#84
I grew up in a small town.	Delmette2.0	Nov 13	#89
I have always lived in a rural area, and I get you.	Roisin Ni Fiachra	Nov 13	#68
The cities are blue in red states	treestar	Nov 13	#88
Cowboy Dan's a major player in the cowboy scene	greenjar_01	Nov 13	#14
Yes. The Wyoming voter has 65 times more power in the Senate than a California voter	lostnfound	Nov 13	#17
and in terms of Wyoming v California electoral power	Celerity	Nov 13	#27
Drives me crazy	DownriverDem	Nov 13	#46
The thing	Rebl2	Nov 13	#61
Yes, they are racists	wellst0nev0ter	Nov 13	#93
Biden voters represent 70% of the economy	Phoenix61	Nov 13	#2
Post removed	Post removed	Nov 13	#3
Bullshit	jcgoldie	Nov 13	#8
At least you got to post yours before he deleted.	Ferrets are Cool	Nov 13	#12
doesnt appear he's the one that removed it	jcgoldie	Nov 13	#20
Now THAT makes me happy	Ferrets are Cool	Nov 13	#22
And Democrats offer programs and policies that actually help rural voters--	thucythucy	Nov 13	#4
how do you 'break through' with a person who would chop off their little finger if you guaranteed	Celerity	Nov 13	#16
Wow, so true	Proud liberal 80	Nov 13	#18
I agree, some folks are simply unreachable.	thucythucy	Nov 13	#23
Yikes! I knew they viewed us as the enemy, out	KPN	Nov 13	#42
THANK you	StarfishSaver	Nov 13	#58
Did Any Democrat	RobinA	Nov 13	#79
The rural flyover folks	Ohiogal	Nov 13	#5
Ain't that the truth	greenjar_01	Nov 13	#15
+1000	smirkymonkey	Nov 13	#19
bring back the fairness doctrine.	mopinko	Nov 13	#6
THIS. And follow New Zealand's lead, ban Murdoch from owning any media.	KPN	Nov 13	#43
AGREED!	obamanut2012	Nov 13	#9
You know, morons:	tblue37	Nov 13	#10
I do understand them that's how I know it's racism.	JI7	Nov 13	#13
Happening right now, rural and red states are under . ..	Iliyah	Nov 13	#21
The cure for ignorance is education, not ridicule. nt	Binkie The Clown	Nov 13	#24
They aren't ignorant or uneducated, they are MISeducated. Intentionally MISeducated.	lostnfound	Nov 13	#34
Yes, at least quit with the ridicule	treestar	Nov 13	#49
Maybe an "end run" using the principles of their own religion, without even mentioning politics.	Binkie The Clown	Nov 13	#56
Exactly!	treestar	Nov 13	#86
It's difficult to educate a closed mind	mdbl	Nov 13	#55
Difficult. Not impossible. Here's how...	Binkie The Clown	Nov 13	#59
Good reading thanks.	mdbl	Nov 13	#65
I feel your pain. I have a couple relatives who are stuck in that loop. nt	Binkie The Clown	Nov 13	#82
I agree with you	GusBob	Nov 13	#94
Republicans need to understand the urban voter	SoonerPride	Nov 13	#25
1000 times yes.	tulipsandroses	Nov 13	#29
If We Want Them	RobinA	Nov 13	#81
+10,000!	StarfishSaver	Nov 13	#60
Correct.	BumRushDaShow	Nov 13	#64
The rural voters need to understand Democrats and democracy	Wicked Blue	Nov 13	#26
Bingo. Simple truth -- 180 degrees, the opposite.	KPN	Nov 13	#52
Civics classes nt	Wicked Blue	Nov 13	#66
I'm a rural democratic voter.	blueinredohio	Nov 13	#28
Agreed. I have relatives who have moved from larger urban centers to smaller rural areas.	Caliman73	Nov 13	#73
Can't change them. We should focus on the youth vote...they voted in lrg #s	Thekaspervote	Nov 13	#31
The Southern Strategy is all you need to know.	Happy Hoosier	Nov 13	#32
Can't win them over.	BusyBeingBest	Nov 13	#33
We totally understand them.	johnp3907	Nov 13	#35
I'm not sure we should bother "courting" such voters...	MrModerate	Nov 13	#36
Democrats have flipped two reliably red states to blue, VA and CA	Yavin4	Nov 13	#37
If the callous disregard of farmers isn't enough to put a big dent in the GOP hold on rural votes,	BobTheSubgenius	Nov 13	#44
To quote my dad, who was fed up with rural voters in the 70's:	Greybnk48	Nov 13	#45
Until the EC is gone and the Senate is proportional	treestar	Nov 13	#47
Here is the the thing about "flyover country"	Proud liberal 80	Nov 13	#74
They do like to be victims	treestar	Nov 13	#87
Dems need to take local and state legislatures	IronLionZion	Nov 13	#51
Proud liberal 80...We need to buy radio stations in these areas where	Upthevibe	Nov 13	#54
Pamphlets and freebie newspapers	bucolic_frolic	Nov 13	#69
You mean WHITE rural voters. And I already understand them just fine	StarfishSaver	Nov 13	#57
+1000. Let the ignorant prejudiced rural types understand US, and fall in line. (nt)	Paladin	Nov 13	#62
We did	Dem2	Nov 13	#63
Abortion.	James48	Nov 13	#67
Abortion	Nasruddin	Nov 13	#72
Not "rare": illegal, criminal, and impossible to obtain.	maxsolomon	Nov 13	#76
Right. No more neurotic politics of solving hearts and minds problems. Just get on with DOING.	ancianita	Nov 13	#70
Democrats have won 7 of the last 8 Presidential Elections	1plus1equals1	Nov 13	#71
I understand them.	Roisin Ni Fiachra	Nov 13	#80
I hear ya, Proud liberal 80!	calimary	Nov 13	#83
your assessment is spot-on	Skittles	Nov 13	#91
We need to understand voters in big cities and suburbs.	Blue_true	Nov 13	#95
I live in a rural area	DashOneBravo	Nov 14	#96
Nope. Most of them are a lost cause. Not all, mind you.	GulfCoast66	Nov 14	#97
I DO understand them, They don't like black people	JI7	Nov 14	#99

Response to Proud liberal 80 (Original post)

Fri Nov 13, 2020, 08:46 AM

Xipe Totec (42,907 posts)

Democrats need to understand the rural voter

1. Democrats need to urbanize rural areas nt

7. please no. leave me my sanctuary from the crowds, stench, and noise

11. To me urbanize rural areas diesn't mean that

38. We need to bring back the fairness doctrine to start the change.

41. And it's a good point. I'd really like to see

53. that was tried with Air America. Why did it fail?

85. Don't know why it failed.

90. all the right-wing hate radio stations in my town are talking out the ass shows all day

92. Tgen it seems to me that the kind of

98. Nope. The heads in this market are soaked with RW crap

50. Don't forget the Republicon Jesus religious stations.

77. To me that is where Steyer and other can do the most.

40. Yeah, that's how I would take that

48. We could show some appreciation

78. I've lived in small towns, big cities,

30. Rural voters. Are. Responsible. For. Mitch MCConnell's Power.

39. I have never noticed a stench in Atlanta

75. I bristled at "stench" as well.

84. I love the diversity of cities and

89. I grew up in a small town.

68. I have always lived in a rural area, and I get you.

88. The cities are blue in red states

14. Cowboy Dan's a major player in the cowboy scene

17. Yes. The Wyoming voter has 65 times more power in the Senate than a California voter

27. and in terms of Wyoming v California electoral power

46. Drives me crazy

61. The thing

93. Yes, they are racists

2. Biden voters represent 70% of the economy

8. Bullshit

12. At least you got to post yours before he deleted.

20. doesnt appear he's the one that removed it

22. Now THAT makes me happy

4. And Democrats offer programs and policies that actually help rural voters--

16. how do you 'break through' with a person who would chop off their little finger if you guaranteed

18. Wow, so true

23. I agree, some folks are simply unreachable.

42. Yikes! I knew they viewed us as the enemy, out

58. THANK you

79. Did Any Democrat

5. The rural flyover folks

15. Ain't that the truth

19. +1000

6. bring back the fairness doctrine.

43. THIS. And follow New Zealand's lead, ban Murdoch from owning any media.

9. AGREED!

10. You know, morons:

13. I do understand them that's how I know it's racism.

21. Happening right now, rural and red states are under . ..

24. The cure for ignorance is education, not ridicule. nt

34. They aren't ignorant or uneducated, they are MISeducated. Intentionally MISeducated.

49. Yes, at least quit with the ridicule

56. Maybe an "end run" using the principles of their own religion, without even mentioning politics.

86. Exactly!

55. It's difficult to educate a closed mind

59. Difficult. Not impossible. Here's how...

65. Good reading thanks.

82. I feel your pain. I have a couple relatives who are stuck in that loop. nt

94. I agree with you

25. Republicans need to understand the urban voter

29. 1000 times yes.

81. If We Want Them

60. +10,000!

64. Correct.

26. The rural voters need to understand Democrats and democracy

52. Bingo. Simple truth -- 180 degrees, the opposite.

66. Civics classes nt

28. I'm a rural democratic voter.

73. Agreed. I have relatives who have moved from larger urban centers to smaller rural areas.

31. Can't change them. We should focus on the youth vote...they voted in lrg #s

32. The Southern Strategy is all you need to know.

33. Can't win them over.

35. We totally understand them.

36. I'm not sure we should bother "courting" such voters...

37. Democrats have flipped two reliably red states to blue, VA and CA

44. If the callous disregard of farmers isn't enough to put a big dent in the GOP hold on rural votes,

45. To quote my dad, who was fed up with rural voters in the 70's:

47. Until the EC is gone and the Senate is proportional

74. Here is the the thing about "flyover country"