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In reply to the discussion: If The Dems Made A Concerted Effort To Appeal To Rural Voters What Would You Recommend They Do?.... [View all]tama
(9,137 posts)159. It requires different education
The difference is not quantitative but qualitative. People who have not been born into agrarian way of life and drank it from mothers milk, have great difficulties learning it in other ways. Many escapees of urban life do manage, however, and that too is beautiful thing.
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If The Dems Made A Concerted Effort To Appeal To Rural Voters What Would You Recommend They Do?.... [View all]
global1
Jan 2013
OP
One can get a quality education in rural places. Yours is the kind of bias that hurts the party.
Scuba
Jan 2013
#3
tarring every rural voter with the broad brush won't help your war; you need allies & there are
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#168
MN has the particular history of the DFL to thank for that, but don't fool yourself.
JVS
Jan 2013
#370
Urban school districts are the worse performing in RI while rural areas have excellent schools.
hack89
Jan 2013
#4
Rhode island has half the area of my *county*, much higher incomes, and 15 times as many people.
lumberjack_jeff
Jan 2013
#86
I'm annoyed by people who extrapolate their own experience into whatever topic is current.
lumberjack_jeff
Jan 2013
#320
I spent my first 7 years of education in a 1-room rural Wisconsin country school.
Jackpine Radical
Jan 2013
#57
Give them a "DU" & then tighten rules about being polite & avoiding gratuitous insults.
patrice
Jan 2013
#2
He, he, they'd probably like that!, but maybe we should make that a Rural Underground instead.
patrice
Jan 2013
#348
Not sure what you're referring to there, but I will try to check. & I was actually just thinking
patrice
Jan 2013
#357
Good points. In many places in Colorado there is no cell phone service or cable.
MissMarple
Jan 2013
#138
There is an issue of infrastructure being in place for the type of communications you refer to
Skidmore
Jan 2013
#179
Iowa was incredibly strong for the Union during the U.S. Civil War. One of its
coalition_unwilling
Jan 2013
#213
You must think that rural people are interested only in guns and social conservatism if you say that
Lydia Leftcoast
Jan 2013
#229
Emphasize values like freedom, liberty, equality. Hammer hard about how Repubs are screwing them.
LonePirate
Jan 2013
#10
A $20/hr minimum would appeal to people who hire much low-skill low cost labor? nt
dmallind
Jan 2013
#137
Did you know that the U.S. imposed land reform on Japan and Taiwan after World War II?
Lydia Leftcoast
Jan 2013
#41
The Dem power structure is overwhelmingly urban and coastal, and too many of the Beltway types
Lydia Leftcoast
Jan 2013
#225
Urban and commungardens are becoming increasingly common. There is a whole movement promoting them.
MissMarple
Jan 2013
#139
Bank bailouts, "free trade" with Korea, mandatory insurance. Those would be my top priorities. nt
Romulox
Jan 2013
#17
Start kicking republicon asses up one side of the back forty and down the other
madokie
Jan 2013
#31
Maybe they care about guns so much because their other needs are not being met
Lydia Leftcoast
Jan 2013
#44
One thing the Dems need to make clear is that no one is talking about hunting rifles.
Lydia Leftcoast
Jan 2013
#66
And yet, almost all the school and other mass shootings have taken place in rural or suburban areas
Lydia Leftcoast
Jan 2013
#114
The Beltway yuppies and Wall Street types are big reasons why so many rural people...
YoungDemCA
Jan 2013
#290
Bonus question for all you high information voters; What is the state motto of Wyoming?
lumberjack_jeff
Jan 2013
#50
#1 Ask rural people themselves what they want & need. #2 Use the 50-state strategy.
Hekate
Jan 2013
#63
Run an old, white candidate who loves guns and hates abortion and teh gay.
geek tragedy
Jan 2013
#69
Posts like this are one of the biggest reasons Democrats lose rural America
YoungDemCA
Jan 2013
#291
I live in rural PA. The only thing that would work is change party. Rural would vote for a skunk
appleannie1
Jan 2013
#85
As a Liberal and Progressive rural Voter I say give the people a clear choice
Lesmoderesstupides
Jan 2013
#87
Yes, if Democrats think they have to act like Republicans to get elected, they'll lose,
Lydia Leftcoast
Jan 2013
#115
It only takes one bad apple and sadly there are too many with D's after their name
Lesmoderesstupides
Jan 2013
#145
For real. I've actually witnessed climate change changing rural voters.
raouldukelives
Jan 2013
#373
Massive reform in agricultural subsidies, or even better, free farmers to farm.
Egalitarian Thug
Jan 2013
#107
Sure! There can be alt energy in rural areas. Part of my friend's solar array in Roanoke VA
rightsideout
Jan 2013
#129
"no government intervention" except cities like NY are subsidizing their way of life.
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#174
If there is no homeless population in Cattaraugus County, you should inform these services that
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2013
#208
Focus on economics, stop trying to ban guns, cease supporting controlling individual behavior,
TheKentuckian
Jan 2013
#119
remind them that the democrats are the only party to guarantee social security
spanone
Jan 2013
#127
over and over again the myth of "self sufficiency" and concern about taxes, when blue cities pay
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#181
their big concerns are about the govt taking their taxes, but they're actually getting handouts
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#188
Tama said something about SS not being something we shld bother talking about.
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#224
Rural folks understand the distinction between "handouts" and "insurance". n/t
lumberjack_jeff
Jan 2013
#245
those obsessed with "redistubution of wealth" in the US are the largest beneficiaries
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#301
democrats are seen as the party for colored folk, gay folk and feminists
La Lioness Priyanka
Jan 2013
#130
we're actually pretty accepting of "brown immigrant workers" here in the big cities, but thanks!
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#178
or just the reality of being a melting pot. we actually take meetings with brown people here!!!
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#183
well, i wasn't talking about nationwide institutional racism in the prisons, but rather diversity
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#230
Bloomberg has had an awful effect on the NYPD, I agree. But I'm sorry- rural cops would likely
bettyellen
Jan 2013
#227
Start with reminding them that the GOP congress left town without passing a farm bill
OmahaBlueDog
Jan 2013
#132
Rural schools are pretty good, as far as I know. Better than many urban schools. nt
Honeycombe8
Jan 2013
#154
I don't know how much I qualify as an expert on the rural mindset, but.......
socialist_n_TN
Jan 2013
#147
Dude...seriously, they are never going to vote Dem as long as threaten to take their guns away
davidn3600
Jan 2013
#161
By the way, at most larger state and county fairs, the local Democratic party generally does have a
OmahaBlueDog
Jan 2013
#284
+1. I don't think so many urban dwellers really get how 'nightmarish' some of this stuff can be.
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#172
Talk to the average urban resident and see if their contacts with the government are so positive
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#205
(1) Quit bashing rural people & rural culture (2) Listen to the issues that are important to rural
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#170
yes, there's cultural considerations, but access to factual information is the biggie
procon
Jan 2013
#240
that's not the case in all rural areas. nd the fact remains, even if there were a 'liberal fox,'
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#241
Being from a rural state and having grown up in a small town here I have some insights for you:
RBInMaine
Jan 2013
#186
Kerry and H. Clinton only managed to look stupid trying to be "just plain folks"
Lydia Leftcoast
Jan 2013
#271
So, getting together weekly with a group of people is the only acceptable way
ohheckyeah
Jan 2013
#354
" Dial-up only access tends to limit using the Internet as an information source."
ohheckyeah
Jan 2013
#350
Drop the poisonous alliance with Wall Street and other corporate interest groups
YoungDemCA
Jan 2013
#250
Start by making sure they graduate from high school, a mind is a terrible thing to waste & hatred
mother earth
Jan 2013
#256
I'm not making that claim, just that it all begins with education, city & rural folk alike. :)
mother earth
Jan 2013
#315
True. Though I'm thinking the OP was about reaching over to the other side, probably more geared to
mother earth
Jan 2013
#319
Yep. The idea that all rural people are rightwing Republicans is wrong, too.
OnionPatch
Jan 2013
#297
Maybe Democrats don't really "stand for" many or all of those things, in practice?
YoungDemCA
Jan 2013
#288
Is Otis as exotic as the Somali workers that are working in the processing plants in Tennesse?
SQUEE
Jan 2013
#318