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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]loyalsister
(13,390 posts)260. In mid-Missouri
People DO long for Maberry. The "these people" I refer to are friends and family. They dislike the fact that they now have to lock their doors.
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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