2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: How were we supposed to reach 'Rural Whites' and still maintain our base? [View all]womanofthehills
(8,661 posts)Nothing will change them. It doesn't even matter who is running - they were born republicans and they do not really like liberals. They are suspicious of liberals - and democrats are liberals. I was in an aerobics class and a fellow classmate came up to me out of the blue and said "Obama is a baby killer."
So, over the past 20 yrs, in moves all the retired artists and liberals to the outskirts of this town of under 2,000 people. Also south of the town, the richer people make a gated community on what had been a large ranch. Everyone was getting alone pretty good until Trump won. People are civil but there is a huge under currant. I have heard that some of their conservative pastors are telling them to pray for us wayward liberals.