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DownriverDem

(6,206 posts)
46. Drives me crazy
Fri Nov 13, 2020, 12:01 PM
Nov 2020

So rural voters don't care that repubs have been trying since the 1930s to destroy Social Security and Medicare since the 1960s? It did not matter that trump was a racist (maybe they are racist) or that over 200,000 Americans have died of Covid due to trump's incompetence. What am I missing about them?

Democrats need to urbanize rural areas nt Xipe Totec Nov 2020 #1
please no. leave me my sanctuary from the crowds, stench, and noise Amishman Nov 2020 #7
To me urbanize rural areas diesn't mean that SlogginThroughIt Nov 2020 #11
We need to bring back the fairness doctrine to start the change. Dustlawyer Nov 2020 #38
And it's a good point. I'd really like to see wnylib Nov 2020 #41
that was tried with Air America. Why did it fail? mdbl Nov 2020 #53
Don't know why it failed. wnylib Nov 2020 #85
all the right-wing hate radio stations in my town are talking out the ass shows all day mdbl Nov 2020 #90
Tgen it seems to me that the kind of wnylib Nov 2020 #92
Nope. The heads in this market are soaked with RW crap mdbl Nov 2020 #98
Don't forget the Republicon Jesus religious stations. Ligyron Nov 2020 #50
To me that is where Steyer and other can do the most. SlogginThroughIt Nov 2020 #77
Yeah, that's how I would take that PatSeg Nov 2020 #40
We could show some appreciation wnylib Nov 2020 #48
I've lived in small towns, big cities, PatSeg Nov 2020 #78
Rural voters. Are. Responsible. For. Mitch MCConnell's Power. lostnfound Nov 2020 #30
I have never noticed a stench in Atlanta Politicub Nov 2020 #39
I bristled at "stench" as well. maxsolomon Nov 2020 #75
I love the diversity of cities and wnylib Nov 2020 #84
I grew up in a small town. Delmette2.0 Nov 2020 #89
I have always lived in a rural area, and I get you. Roisin Ni Fiachra Nov 2020 #68
The cities are blue in red states treestar Nov 2020 #88
Cowboy Dan's a major player in the cowboy scene greenjar_01 Nov 2020 #14
Yes. The Wyoming voter has 65 times more power in the Senate than a California voter lostnfound Nov 2020 #17
and in terms of Wyoming v California electoral power Celerity Nov 2020 #27
Drives me crazy DownriverDem Nov 2020 #46
The thing Rebl2 Nov 2020 #61
Yes, they are racists wellst0nev0ter Nov 2020 #93
Biden voters represent 70% of the economy Phoenix61 Nov 2020 #2
Post removed Post removed Nov 2020 #3
Bullshit jcgoldie Nov 2020 #8
At least you got to post yours before he deleted. Ferrets are Cool Nov 2020 #12
doesnt appear he's the one that removed it jcgoldie Nov 2020 #20
Now THAT makes me happy Ferrets are Cool Nov 2020 #22
And Democrats offer programs and policies that actually help rural voters-- thucythucy Nov 2020 #4
how do you 'break through' with a person who would chop off their little finger if you guaranteed Celerity Nov 2020 #16
Wow, so true Proud liberal 80 Nov 2020 #18
I agree, some folks are simply unreachable. thucythucy Nov 2020 #23
Yikes! I knew they viewed us as the enemy, out KPN Nov 2020 #42
THANK you StarfishSaver Nov 2020 #58
Did Any Democrat RobinA Nov 2020 #79
The rural flyover folks Ohiogal Nov 2020 #5
Ain't that the truth greenjar_01 Nov 2020 #15
+1000 smirkymonkey Nov 2020 #19
bring back the fairness doctrine. mopinko Nov 2020 #6
THIS. And follow New Zealand's lead, ban Murdoch from owning any media. KPN Nov 2020 #43
AGREED! obamanut2012 Nov 2020 #9
You know, morons: tblue37 Nov 2020 #10
I do understand them that's how I know it's racism. JI7 Nov 2020 #13
Happening right now, rural and red states are under . .. Iliyah Nov 2020 #21
The cure for ignorance is education, not ridicule. nt Binkie The Clown Nov 2020 #24
They aren't ignorant or uneducated, they are MISeducated. Intentionally MISeducated. lostnfound Nov 2020 #34
Yes, at least quit with the ridicule treestar Nov 2020 #49
Maybe an "end run" using the principles of their own religion, without even mentioning politics. Binkie The Clown Nov 2020 #56
Exactly! treestar Nov 2020 #86
It's difficult to educate a closed mind mdbl Nov 2020 #55
Difficult. Not impossible. Here's how... Binkie The Clown Nov 2020 #59
Good reading thanks. mdbl Nov 2020 #65
I feel your pain. I have a couple relatives who are stuck in that loop. nt Binkie The Clown Nov 2020 #82
I agree with you GusBob Nov 2020 #94
Republicans need to understand the urban voter SoonerPride Nov 2020 #25
1000 times yes. tulipsandroses Nov 2020 #29
If We Want Them RobinA Nov 2020 #81
+10,000! StarfishSaver Nov 2020 #60
Correct. BumRushDaShow Nov 2020 #64
The rural voters need to understand Democrats and democracy Wicked Blue Nov 2020 #26
Bingo. Simple truth -- 180 degrees, the opposite. KPN Nov 2020 #52
Civics classes nt Wicked Blue Nov 2020 #66
I'm a rural democratic voter. blueinredohio Nov 2020 #28
Agreed. I have relatives who have moved from larger urban centers to smaller rural areas. Caliman73 Nov 2020 #73
Can't change them. We should focus on the youth vote...they voted in lrg #s Thekaspervote Nov 2020 #31
The Southern Strategy is all you need to know. Happy Hoosier Nov 2020 #32
Can't win them over. BusyBeingBest Nov 2020 #33
We totally understand them. johnp3907 Nov 2020 #35
I'm not sure we should bother "courting" such voters... MrModerate Nov 2020 #36
Democrats have flipped two reliably red states to blue, VA and CA Yavin4 Nov 2020 #37
If the callous disregard of farmers isn't enough to put a big dent in the GOP hold on rural votes, BobTheSubgenius Nov 2020 #44
To quote my dad, who was fed up with rural voters in the 70's: Greybnk48 Nov 2020 #45
Until the EC is gone and the Senate is proportional treestar Nov 2020 #47
Here is the the thing about "flyover country" Proud liberal 80 Nov 2020 #74
They do like to be victims treestar Nov 2020 #87
Dems need to take local and state legislatures IronLionZion Nov 2020 #51
Proud liberal 80...We need to buy radio stations in these areas where Upthevibe Nov 2020 #54
Pamphlets and freebie newspapers bucolic_frolic Nov 2020 #69
You mean WHITE rural voters. And I already understand them just fine StarfishSaver Nov 2020 #57
+1000. Let the ignorant prejudiced rural types understand US, and fall in line. (nt) Paladin Nov 2020 #62
We did Dem2 Nov 2020 #63
Abortion. James48 Nov 2020 #67
Abortion Nasruddin Nov 2020 #72
Not "rare": illegal, criminal, and impossible to obtain. maxsolomon Nov 2020 #76
Right. No more neurotic politics of solving hearts and minds problems. Just get on with DOING. ancianita Nov 2020 #70
Democrats have won 7 of the last 8 Presidential Elections 1plus1equals1 Nov 2020 #71
I understand them. Roisin Ni Fiachra Nov 2020 #80
I hear ya, Proud liberal 80! calimary Nov 2020 #83
your assessment is spot-on Skittles Nov 2020 #91
We need to understand voters in big cities and suburbs. Blue_true Nov 2020 #95
I live in a rural area DashOneBravo Nov 2020 #96
Nope. Most of them are a lost cause. Not all, mind you. GulfCoast66 Nov 2020 #97
I DO understand them, They don't like black people JI7 Nov 2020 #99
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