2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: How were we supposed to reach 'Rural Whites' and still maintain our base? [View all]DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)50 state strategy needs to be the new mantra, regardless of whatever Howard Dean decides to do. In every state, at the local level, we need to find something that they need, and focus on how we will get them that, and the GOP will not. We cannot appeal to morality, but we can appeal to their need. The hope lies in the fact that we know that a lot of people are going to realize Trump conned them, especially when Paul Ryan slips his leash and goes after SS. when that happens, we get in and make it clear that even if they do not like us, they will need us, because the person that swooped in like some reality show bachelor plans to leave them kicked to the curb for Russian rubles. However, that cannot be done with TV ads, it can be done by making more and more groups locally, who plan to win every election from dogcatcher on up.