Rural vs. Urban? They're different, for sure.

[Jim__]

11. Do you know the history of that feces inspection rule?

If not, it's somewhat curious that you cite that rule in a post concerning why the Democrats lost the rural vote. My guess is that farmers in your parents' position tend to blame things like that on the Democratic Party, but is it actually due to the Democrats, and if it's a bad regulation imposed by the Democratic Party, has there been any action by the affected farmers to have the rule changed.

Republicans do publicly advocate for a largely regulation free society. Privately, some expensive regulations are passed by republicans at the request of agribusiness - in the case of farming. The Democratic Party may need a strong public relations effort to explain the existence of unpopular regulations - especially ones that have been implemented by Republicans but are blamed on Democrats.

I believe the Democratic Party does enact some unpopular and expensive regulations. They need to make clear the reasons for these regulations. They're going to lose some support due to some necessary but unpopular regulations, but if they are clear about what they are doing and why, they may be able to eliminate the image of the party that just mindlessly imposes bureaucratic barriers to people making money.