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In reply to the discussion: Why do Democrats do so poorly with rural voters? [View all]hopemountain
(3,919 posts)the rural folks i know are very proud and do not take kindly to accepting any "charity". yet, every child in our elementary and middle school qualifies for the breakfast and lunch programs. if a family seeks "food stamps" they must go to an office in town. there is no public transportation. then, they must sit for hours and complete forms requesting invasive & humiliating information for each and every household member and undergo an "interview". rural folks usually choose to live in rural areas because they like the open spaces & their privacy. they would rather go without "food stamps".
local government is still run by the "good 'ol boy" network/system.
channel communications owns nearly all of the local radio stations in our area. the other stations are privately owned by preachers and churches.
at night we can get some out of state radio stations - but today, as nearly everywhere else, most radio stations are owned by gop corporatists.
our local congressional representative used to run for office as a democrat. for this election, he changed to "independent" and was able to win against the "republican". i was surprised because i really thought the republican was going to win because he had big money behind him.