To rebuild the Democratic Party, which has been hollowed out, we need ALL Dems everywhere.

[Funtatlaguy]

7. Rural Democrats vs Urban Democrats (a world apart?)

I have been (fortunate?) to live in both large cities and small towns in several regions.
Though we all share most of our DNA, live in the same country, and eat primarily the same preservatives filled food, we have vastly different lifestyles.
Because of traffic and levels of pace, we value time differently.
Because of family mobilization of city dwellers and often lifetime permanency of rural people, we often value our relationships differently.
And, because of education levels, family history, and the association or non-association with diversity in ethnic, lifestyle, spiritual and other differences, we quickly develop different world views.
Some are quite global and inclusive where others are tight knit and value birds of a feather.

So, why vote differently?
Because we value different things.
To most rural people, a strong white male father figure has always been expected to lead.
This is true in businesses, churches, in homes, and in political office.
To most urbanites, the move from white male Christian heterocentic patriarchy to equality and diversity (though not always seamless and by no means still achieved), is generally considerable a laudable goal.

We progressives are fine with bottom up governance and organizations.
Conservatives prefer top down authoritarianism.

When you see it this way, you don’t shake your head so much at what you might consider incredible electoral choices.
Now, I know not ALL city mice and country mice act this way.
There are many exceptions. Sometimes family or work requirements dictate your location.
But, most go where they feel at home and to be around like minded people.
In fact, I know a lot of former country folk who have moved to the city because it just felt right for them. Not just because of a job opportunity or relationship entanglement.
And, I’m sure, it goes the other way with some city folk moving to the country for that “simpler life”.

We are different. We city mice and country mice.
But, we are all part of this still quite young experiment called America.
The Trump era may end up giving us all a strong challenge unseen since the Civil War.
If Mueller has enough to bring Trumps Presidency down, Heaven help us if it is not handled properly by all of our political, religious, and social leaders.