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Why are Democrats constantly lectured to do a better job "messaging" to white rural voters [View all] StarfishSaver Dec 2020 OP

Good question Delmoniko Dec 2020 #1

Is it clearly "one gets all the attention, the other is told to shut up" Dem2 Dec 2020 #2

One gets most of the attention Bettie Dec 2020 #6

Is that true? Dem2 Dec 2020 #16

Exactly right FakeNoose Dec 2020 #3

White rural voters are mostly a lost cause Bettie Dec 2020 #4

+1000 StarfishSaver Dec 2020 #8

All the cities that had high paying jobs True Blue American Dec 2020 #9

I'm kin to them and I agree scrabblequeen40 Dec 2020 #21

Did you hear that segment about what Biden could learn True Blue American Dec 2020 #5

Not to be too inflammatory thucythucy Dec 2020 #7

If it's inflammatory, that's only because it's a truth too many people don't want to face StarfishSaver Dec 2020 #11

You are quite right. True Blue American Dec 2020 #12

Rural voters rso Dec 2020 #10

Many White People have a hard time acknowledging racism in their community JI7 Dec 2020 #13

Indeed StarfishSaver Dec 2020 #14

The "better messaging" we need for the real racists isn't more understanding unblock Dec 2020 #15

For real greenjar_01 Dec 2020 #17

Especially when far more people in urban counties voted for Trump then in rural ones Kaleva Dec 2020 #18

Raw numbers maybe. Turin_C3PO Dec 2020 #20

Raw numbers are what matters in elections Kaleva Dec 2020 #24

Yep, less than 20 percent of the population and fading fast..... marmar Dec 2020 #19

Because Republicans are too afraid of their voters procon Dec 2020 #22

This a self-correcting problem - a dying demographic scrabblequeen40 Dec 2020 #23

If this were true, there would be no racism in cities. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2020 #27

This message was self-deleted by its author scrabblequeen40 Dec 2020 #25

It's two sides of the same coin. We can't tell white rural voters they're racist, because that will WhiskeyGrinder Dec 2020 #26

Stepping heedlessly into a minefield here... Tom Rinaldo Dec 2020 #28

Wow StarfishSaver Dec 2020 #30

You are more than welcome, I appreciate your asking the questions Tom Rinaldo Dec 2020 #31

Seriously, why aren't they courting cities? intheflow Dec 2020 #29

The answer is right in this thread mtnsnake Dec 2020 #32

I don't assume that all white rural voters are racists StarfishSaver Dec 2020 #33

I know you don't assume that mtnsnake Dec 2020 #35

It may not "all" be about racism, but racism plays a significant part in it StarfishSaver Dec 2020 #37

Yeah, why do white urban and suburban people lecture dems to do that? mathematic Dec 2020 #34

If that's what it is, why aren't black and brown people going along with this? StarfishSaver Dec 2020 #36

Black and brown people don't get to hide behind white rurals when holding these positions mathematic Dec 2020 #40

Simple answer? White Supremacy Caliman73 Dec 2020 #38

OK, since this is the week of "Hillbilly Elegy" DonCoquixote Dec 2020 #39

JD Vance is a right wing venture-capitalist sellout Withywindle Dec 2020 #42

Even worse that a big part of the lecturing comes from supposedly fellow Dems. UTUSN Dec 2020 #41

I'm tired of hearing about the Democratic messaging thing. betsuni Dec 2020 #43