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Blue_true

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12. Their economic and social worlds are falling apart and they blame Dems.

Reply to LonePirate (Original post)

Wed Nov 7, 2018, 12:53 PM

Nov 2018

Instead of the people that are actually hurting them, the repugs that they elect. Some of those places are slowly vanishing, kids that have social skills are leaving them for bigger places. Their vote is a desperate last strike, we have not matched their intensity, if we had, the government would be all blue.

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Why are white rural voters so supercharged nowadays? [View all] LonePirate Nov 2018 OP

Because their preachers and Fox pundits, etc., Lars39 Nov 2018 #1

Most Christians vote Republican. That's just a fact. nt. Mariana Nov 2018 #11

They spend all day listening to AM talk radio DBoon Nov 2018 #2

Because they are dying out Mr. Quackers Nov 2018 #3

They want a homogenous country that looks like them, hold the same values The Genealogist Nov 2018 #4

The caravan is coming for them. That's why. n/t Blaukraut Nov 2018 #5

Simple, they put their hate of other above their well-being. rogue emissary Nov 2018 #6

This is Fox News's Wellstone ruled Nov 2018 #7

They really want to stick it to us libtards unc70 Nov 2018 #8

Black and brown people wanna take their stuff. All the other things are noise. SweetieD Nov 2018 #9

Reeling from tariffs, stifled economic growth...all the fault of democrats Runningdawg Nov 2018 #10

I agree, kids that have education and social skills are leaving those places. Blue_true Nov 2018 #16

Their economic and social worlds are falling apart and they blame Dems. Blue_true Nov 2018 #12

Racism and reaction to demographic change Spider Jerusalem Nov 2018 #13

Racism. That's it. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2018 #14

Immigration and the social changes it brings marylandblue Nov 2018 #15

More than one reason, I suspect, BUT... Whiskeytide Nov 2018 #17

Because they're racist bastards living in their own world. joshcryer Nov 2018 #18

Because of, in spite of everything they've got going against them... MrScorpio Nov 2018 #19

Ignorance HAB911 Nov 2018 #20

There's a reason the term "reactionary" exists. Codeine Nov 2018 #21

They are more racist than city folk and see a kindred spirit in this man. nt UniteFightBack Nov 2018 #22

Trump hates like they hate, and there is no hate quite like fundamentalist Christian love. Efilroft Sul Nov 2018 #23