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In reply to the discussion: Why do Democrats do so poorly with rural voters? [View all]southernyankeebelle
(11,304 posts)20. I live in a rural area and I am a diehard democrat. I think this area I am in is also
democrat. I remember when I first moved here there were many working poor and farmers on small farms were getting block american cheese. They were getting a hand out. So I think its mainly because its the social issues.
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Or, the use of "wedge issues" to get people to vote against their class interests.
Ken Burch
Jan 2013
#42
That phrase right there illustrates exactly WHY they side with republicans.
OneTenthofOnePercent
Jan 2013
#47
In your opinion, what would be a good way to say "clinging to guns and religion?"
ZombieHorde
Jan 2013
#153
The GOP has spent 30 years telling them that being poor makes them more partiotic
JoePhilly
Jan 2013
#4
No, I said the GOP tells "them", the RURAL POOR, that their poverty is patriotic.
JoePhilly
Jan 2013
#19
It's difficult to remain charitable when they're screaming at you about Rush's latest fantasy (nt)
jeff47
Jan 2013
#130
Sometimes, the only radio stations available in rural areas carry hate radio
Art_from_Ark
Jan 2013
#89
Go on a cross country drive with nothing to listen to but radio and you'll wonder no more
Fumesucker
Jan 2013
#167
This is absolutely true. Mr Nay and I travel extensively and the airwaves, generally, have been
Nay
Jan 2013
#206
thanks! great book. saw him interviewed often on the teevee after it was published.
NRaleighLiberal
Jan 2013
#35
Sure it does, but (again, the issue with generalities) not like in rural in terms
NRaleighLiberal
Jan 2013
#65
I'd add that fundamental/conservative religion also tends to view poverty as moral failing
SpartanDem
Jan 2013
#132
that's the line that many of our neighbors take. on one hand, they all flock to
NRaleighLiberal
Jan 2013
#136
But those elected "Democrats" consistently vote with Repug when they get into congress
KoKo
Jan 2013
#49
Well...I live in NC...our Dems for the most part vote in House and Senate with Repugs.
KoKo
Jan 2013
#246
^^This too. And how about aiding SMALL rural farmers to grow fresh food for sale locally? And
Nay
Jan 2013
#222
Republicans know how to lie to rural voters, and push their buttons, while they screw them n/t
arcane1
Jan 2013
#22
Inner city voters (of any race) don't trust rich white guys who pander to rednecks and fundies.
arcane1
Jan 2013
#66
Because the pubs have already called them welfare queens, shiftless blacks, illegal immigrant
Nay
Jan 2013
#208
Um, post office is government service. So is clean air act and banking regs and insurances.
uppityperson
Jan 2013
#152
I live in a rural area and I am a diehard democrat. I think this area I am in is also
southernyankeebelle
Jan 2013
#20
The whiter the area, the redder the politics. Most of rural America is still lilly white.
leveymg
Jan 2013
#24
Why does CT and the NE remain deep blue? Education, unions, opportunity, liberal traditions
leveymg
Jan 2013
#63
Those blessings were acquired over several hundred years. The South took a different path a long
leveymg
Jan 2013
#146
Vermont is one of the whitest states in the USA,#2 I think. Hardly a red state.Maine
virgogal
Jan 2013
#72
See my comment about the cultural institutions that make the NE different from the rural south.
leveymg
Jan 2013
#93
Farm subsidies, guns, religion, homophobia, anti-immigration (racist), lack of higher education
riderinthestorm
Jan 2013
#31
Study some of the posts in DU and other forums. Notice what some say about...
Honeycombe8
Jan 2013
#36
Well, the OP was asking why rural people aren't Democrats, not the other way around.
Honeycombe8
Jan 2013
#144
I think people in the inner cities are smart enough to know when they're being scapegoated. nt
Sparkly
Jan 2013
#74
And those mostly rural Ohio counties whose citizens absolutely depend on taxpayer assistance
Ikonoklast
Jan 2013
#242
And conversely, they don't see the positive effect liberal policies have on them
YoungDemCA
Jan 2013
#142
I grew up in rural south, very democrat, somehow the prejudice moved from Democrat to Republican.
Thinkingabout
Jan 2013
#44
Actually, they're not Obama phones . They're Bush phones. Get your facts straight.
octoberlib
Jan 2013
#111
And fundamentalist religion, in many places and for many people, filled that gap
YoungDemCA
Jan 2013
#116
I live in a rural area, and it's also very blue. The differene, I think, is that it isn't poor.
Brickbat
Jan 2013
#81
It's Changing, Albeit Slowly... But The Rural Kids Have Laptops And Cell Phones Now...
WillyT
Jan 2013
#106
Failure to find genuine commonality with them & then to authentically respect & enjoy connection
patrice
Jan 2013
#131
Since the late '70's, most of my family has lived in and around Terre Haute, IN.
Brigid
Jan 2013
#145
Coming from a rural area, hate radio is often all that comes in & people listen to it.
catbyte
Jan 2013
#162
They are low information voters, many of them--they work long hours and they aren't interested in
MADem
Jan 2013
#177
What will your excuse be when the Democratics win these areas doing nothing different except
graham4anything
Jan 2013
#178
This thread reminds me of a line from a very famous novel (see if you can guess it without google)
tjwash
Jan 2013
#194
It is one of the all time classics...you need to get past that first 4 chapters
tjwash
Jan 2013
#214
By definition, ruralism means isolation from the demographic melting pots of urban living.
Old and In the Way
Jan 2013
#203