2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: How were we supposed to reach 'Rural Whites' and still maintain our base? [View all]Blanks
(4,835 posts)No, what we need is a reasonable voice. A voice that points out when the republicans do bad things, and when the democrats do good things.
We aren't going to get white rural Americans to just turn on their radio and hear that they've been wrong for years, and change.
We'd probably accomplish all that we need if we could replace hate radio with music. If the radio wasn't making them angry every day, they could be reasoned with.
One of the things that kept rural Americans conservative years ago, was Paul Harvey. He wasn't overly conservative, but he was conservative. We need something like that. A calm voice forwarding a progressive agenda. A voice appreciating the arts and sciences, speaking admiringly about technology and intelligent people.