Rural America Is Desperate. It Is Also Part of the Democratic Base. Don't Abandon Them.

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86. Exactly!

Too many above mean annual income people living in relatively depressed rural areas (i.e., the many rural Trump voters who are not necessarily xenophobes, etc., despite what some here at DU contend) fear their kids will never enjoy the economic well-being they themselves have been able to -- largely because they didn't have the opportunity, ability or desire to pursue careers in the few professions that still reward education (health, technology, engineering, finance).

Many of those people are actually living that fear via financially supporting their children well beyond the norms established over the past 60-70 years. While their income level may be above average, the demands on that income exceed what they envisioned and threaten the economic dreams they have worked so hard for the past 20-40 years.

Like it or not, agree with it or not, but we should all at least try to understand the perspective these people brought with them to the voting booth this fall. In their view, the Democratic Party failed them over the past 30+ years.