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(4,835 posts)If you've got a democrat running for office; he's gonna have an ad with him carrying a hunting rifle.
To win elections you have to have a majority. Part of getting a majority is understanding your voters. If you have a large population of hunters; you claim one candidate is gonna take their guns. If the candidate (or party) that they are accusing doesn't respond; they will lose the hunters.
That's what I see going on; granted it is my own perception. Democrats very often win in built-up areas even in red states. Certainly guns aren't the only issue, but it is one of them. I think it's a big one.
I'm not claiming a 'monolith'; I'm saying that very often when we lose in big hunting states we've let the 'hunting vote' slide.
I'll bet this woman hunter in ND made it clear that she's a hunter; just like the Arkansas democrats did that have won in the past.