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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIn northeast Missouri, Trump, economy help end Democrats dominance
http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/northeast-missouri-trump-economy-help-end-democrats-dominance#stream/0"Perkins said his rivals still have the challenge of distancing themselves from the national party.
I tell people all the time that probably the most influential person for making the Republican Party strong in rural Missouri is probably Hillary Clinton, he said. You know, local Democrats get associated with these people on the nationwide level [who] dont necessarily share their values.
Still, some Republicans here arent willing to call their rise permanent.
Because I think a lot of the votes he pulled in were these life-long Democrats who said I cant vote Democrat anymore. I cant vote for Hillary Clinton. I cant vote for Bernie Sanders. I cant vote that far to the left, Frolos said. I dont know if they necessarily converted to becoming a Republican, but they voted against what that party had become and what it represented.
If Trump cant deliver on his promises to revive rural America, Frolos said Democrats in northeast Missouri will say, Yeah, Im not doing that again."
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In northeast Missouri, Trump, economy help end Democrats dominance (Original Post)
pstokely
Jun 2017
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LonePirate
(13,419 posts)1. How do these people look at the Republican Party and think they haven't moved too far to the right?
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)3. Because these articles and quotes aren't being promoted in an honest manner.
It's deception and propaganda aimed at creating division within the party as Republican tear themselves apart.
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)2. If they can't vote for Clinton or Sanders...
They have no place in the party.
If they voted against "what that party had become" then they are absolutely against and type of progressive of moderate democrat.
Additionally, Trump hasn't been around long enough to have done this as stated. Truly a foolish assumption on face value. As far as the economic part, they are talking about a time-frame where Obama helped to bring us from the brink of disaster.
Some seriously foolish ratfucking here.