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In reply to the discussion: Why do Democrats do so poorly with rural voters? [View all]Le Taz Hot
(22,271 posts)with rural farming areas surrounding it. I've written a few of these threads myself and I could spend days answering that question but let me just say this, it wouldn't hurt the Democrats to:
a) have a continuous, significant presence in the rural areas (the Republicans have for decades);
b) quit regarding rural residents as uneducated hicks and then treating them as such;
c) tell them what YOUR party has to offer the community instead of demanding THEIR time and THEIR money for which they get nothing in return.
If the Democrats are truly interested in reaching rural dwellers, they might start with those three simple things.
On Edit: After going through and reading the responses to this thread I literally feel like throwing up. If this is the way "liberals" feel about rural dwellers (low I.Q., uneducated, etc.) then don't question the reason rural dwellers vote Republican -- who always have a presence. Btw, for those who screech "farm subsidies!!!11!!!," the lion's share of those farm subsidies go to corporate farms -- family farms get little or nothing of those subsidies.
I'm feeling a need for another DU break these days.