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5. Exactly....and Obama won without putting on a cowboy hat and boots.....

Sat Jul 21, 2018, 09:31 PM

Jul 2018

....he won it by effectively and clearly selling them on progressive policies.

The issue is that whereas he was the one who sold them during the campaign, after in office he relied on too many other folks who were not nearly as good as him to sell them on what was actually accomplished and that's where we lost those folks.

He had too much faith in the media and the various institutional bodies to do that for him and they failed. All of us.

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If Dems could just pull in 3 to 5% more in rural areas we would be invincible [View all] Quixote1818 Jul 2018 OP

Keep dreaming. Rural folks hate democrats. We would be better off focusing on non voters in Trust Buster Jul 2018 #1

I disagree 10000000% Obama even won 45% of the rural vote Quixote1818 Jul 2018 #2

Exactly....and Obama won without putting on a cowboy hat and boots..... vi5 Jul 2018 #5

Obama lost support from 2008 to 2012 to Romney JI7 Jul 2018 #12

They are not worth the time. There were so many registered democrats that did not vote in 2016. Trust Buster Jul 2018 #8

No rock should be left unturned in ANY election, especially the next two elections Quixote1818 Jul 2018 #13

Bush didn't beg for votes . Bush was Pro Immigration. he won Muslims also JI7 Jul 2018 #16

Your right we just give up Quixote1818 Jul 2018 #36

who said give up ? they support cuts in regulations JI7 Jul 2018 #39

And that's what lost the last election frontierjoe Jul 2018 #15

no, it was russia, comey . JI7 Jul 2018 #17

okay frontierjoe Jul 2018 #24

Wasting time and money trying to convert Trumpster Dumpsters ? Trust Buster Jul 2018 #21

We are not converting anyone frontierjoe Jul 2018 #28

Bingo! nt Quixote1818 Jul 2018 #31

We should not want them back. Trust Buster Jul 2018 #32

In a national election we need them back frontierjoe Jul 2018 #40

Their are millions of registered democrats who didn't vote that are much more worthwhile in the Trust Buster Jul 2018 #42

Ok, so write off 2/3 of the land mass. BlueWI Jul 2018 #55

There are a lot of democratic votes in rural. rockfordfile Jul 2018 #58

Radio. We need liberal radio. That is how we can draw a lot of rural voters. Sophia4 Jul 2018 #29

3% crazycatlady Jul 2018 #30

Why not both? Blue_true Jul 2018 #37

Interesting post, thanx. I think there are existing & redeemable rural areas. appalachiablue Jul 2018 #3

That always comes across as pandering.... vi5 Jul 2018 #4

You may be right but we HAVE to do something to court rural voters and court them hard. Quixote1818 Jul 2018 #7

Obama won during the Recession JI7 Jul 2018 #18

No it isn't. Blue_true Jul 2018 #41

Trumps tariff taxes, GOP attack on social security, Medicare, Medicaid, SSI beachbum bob Jul 2018 #6

I live in a rural county in eastern KY. In the May primary, Dems were voting 2 to 1 over Repukes. Meadowoak Jul 2018 #9

From my perspective, in red Va, think we are better off getting our voters to the polls Va Lefty Jul 2018 #10

We are not trying to reach Trump voters. Blue_true Jul 2018 #43

Beto is only two behind vercetti2021 Jul 2018 #11

He is hitting a lot of in the sticks towns, getting blue voters excited. Blue_true Jul 2018 #44

Every district vercetti2021 Jul 2018 #50

He seems to understand how to win. Blue_true Jul 2018 #54

He does vercetti2021 Jul 2018 #60

I really hope he is keeping his pants on and not making sexually suggestive comments. Blue_true Jul 2018 #65

Beto doesn't strike me as a cheater vercetti2021 Jul 2018 #66

I hope. Blue_true Jul 2018 #67

yeah, because Ted Cruz is such a Cowboy JI7 Jul 2018 #14

That is probably part of why Cruz is vulnerable in Texas, because he doesn't seem rural Quixote1818 Jul 2018 #23

no, it's not those voters which are hurting Cruz JI7 Jul 2018 #26

We are not trying to get haters to vote for us, they never will. Blue_true Jul 2018 #46

they should vote every time. relying to excitement will not work JI7 Jul 2018 #52

We need a presence on AM talk radio even if it's just running ads YessirAtsaFact Jul 2018 #19

they have access to other media. they are familiar with liberal media JI7 Jul 2018 #20

What about billboards? crazycatlady Jul 2018 #33

why didn't they vote for Russ Feingold ? JI7 Jul 2018 #22

We are not expecting to get 30% of them. We just need to close the gap by say 5 to 10% Quixote1818 Jul 2018 #25

there aren't unlimited resources. there are already many good reasons to vote for Beto JI7 Jul 2018 #27

How often did Feingold go into the sticks to campaign. Blue_true Jul 2018 #48

there is nothing exciting about ted cruz and most republicans JI7 Jul 2018 #49

I did not say they were exciting, but in 2016, they showed up in out of the Blue_true Jul 2018 #53

I think the Feingold campaign was a stand pat BlueWI Jul 2018 #57

I made that point yesterday. Blue_true Jul 2018 #34

If Trump keeps on screwing farmers, it just might happen. appleannie1943 Jul 2018 #35

K&R NCTraveler Jul 2018 #38

If we could help more African Americans get to the polls, we'd have more than enough EffieBlack Jul 2018 #45

Effie, we look for solid blue voters in those places. Blue_true Jul 2018 #51

Why is this point made as a binary? BlueWI Jul 2018 #56

Read my whole post EffieBlack Jul 2018 #61

I did read your whole post. BlueWI Jul 2018 #62

Nice try at deflection EffieBlack Jul 2018 #63

Substance free response. BlueWI Jul 2018 #68

With Trumps skills on tarrifs, soon they will be losing their farms RainCaster Jul 2018 #47

I'm from a district that TheFarseer Jul 2018 #59

That's the real trick isn't it? fescuerescue Jul 2018 #64