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In reply to the discussion: What do Dems need to do to win the rural vote [View all]MuseRider
(35,176 posts)This is a very good article.
Bernie was very popular here, I do not remember how he did in the Western rural areas though. I do know the Democratic primary went to him when he was running against Hillary. Do you think anyone ever stopped to think really hard about that little tidbit of information?
It does take time and it does take persistence but it is not impossible, not at all. It also takes the right kind of person. As all people they do not like to be treated as if the "big shot liberal" is coming to show them how stupid and wrong they are and that is often what they will hear. I have never understood how anyone could treat a room full of adults as if they were children and expect them to be interested and anything but offended. It makes me hope that most of the degrading and often uniformed comments here are made by people who would not really ever do much real political work outside of their own comfort zone. It is that "I am a liberal, more educated than you are so listen to me tell you how you are wrong" attitude. The Roe vote would NEVER have passed like it did and in such a short time of work if some of the "Sit down, shut up you useless dumb ass farmer" people here were involved.
Thank you!