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In reply to the discussion: Rural living. [View all]HassleCat
(6,409 posts)Yeah, it's a racial thing, to a great extent for some, and a lesser extent for others. They see our party making a big deal over black voters, the southern firewall in the primaries, a huge GOTV effort in urban areas where there are high concentrations of black voters, high profile public appearances with black celebrities, and so on. S
Some rural white voters get pissed, because they see it as a zero sum game, where gains by black people mean losses for white people. Others feel taken for granted, as if we feel all working class Americans owe us their votes. Others just lose interest, because they don't hear us talking about their issues and interests, so they wander away, looking for a third party candidate, or maybe settling for a fake populist like Trump.
But we don't always understand their mixed feelings and conflicted motives. Here on DU, we lump them all together, and call them ignorant, racists, jerks etc. We write them off, declaring them not worthy of voting for us. We'll see how that works out.