Why Aren't Bernie Sanders and Other So-Called Working Class Progressives In Kansas?

[jannyd65]

17. Johnson County

I am originally from the MO side in Kansas City and have lived in JoCo for about nine years. I am seeing where I live (Overland Park) becoming more diverse. And, JoCo Dems are very active here, as well as Blue Kansas. So again there is some hope for the Sunflower State!

I think to turn this around, if Keith Ellison is made DNC Chair and he is true to his word, he and others of the party need to start visiting Midwestern states and having town halls and just listening to what people want. And they need to do it NOW. We now have barely 24 months to hold on to the senate seats we have and to turn others.

What we want in KCK, Overland Park, Lawrence, Topeka and even Wichita, differs from what people want and or need in Wellsville, Dodge City, Plainsville, and the other smaller communities in KS. In order to turn these communities and others in the Midwest, the DNC does need to reach out and at least show they are listening.

I know it seems many in these communities vote against their best interest, but ignoring them, especially in rural farming communities is not going to return or flip areas blue unless the DNC at least shows they have these communities best interests at heart.

As I said, I am a Missourian (the Show-Me State), and I think it applies to Kansans as well, we need to be shown that there is at least some interest by Washington in the flyover communities.