Support For President Obama In Rural America.... [View all]
I just came back from a church spaghetti dinner and I noticed a group of older folks that I know from church sitting in a group, so I went over to them to say hello. They were asking about where I was going to go to college and I started talking to the one man in particular, who I just found out is on the board of Cambria County, PA Democrats. When I mentioned that, the guy next to him said, "Yeah, he voted for Obama" as if it was a terrible thing, and I responded "I would have too if I was 18 in time for the election"....
There was disbelief among the rest of the group....You would have thought I just told them I committed a crime!
Rural DUers, what is your experience with being Democrats and Obama supporters in areas of the country where you are outnumbered? The only consolation for me is that my county elects a lot of local Democrats, from the school board to the State House and State Senate, yet there is not a lot of support for President Obama as of late (he won the county in 2008, but lost to Romney by 18% in 2012).
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