Democrats: Give rural voters a reason to trust and support the party

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23. Rural voters, that is, voters in less populated states, pick the president.

It is a statistical fact.

California has a huge population, but only two senators.

Since the electoral college includes one elector for every representative and senator a state has, and since California (same for other populated states with large, urban areas) is short-changed on senators compared to rural, less populated states, . . .

Californians, as individual voters, have far less say in electing the president than do voters in rural states.

Voters in rural, less populated states also have better representation in the Senate. Two senators per state. In California, that means two senators for an estimated 39,250,017 people while in Iowa, that means two senators for an estimated 3,134,693.

The unfairness in our country is toward people living in urban, heavily populated areas when it comes to both the Senate and presidential elections.

Rural Americans have so many advantages and complain so much. Clean air, less crowding. Oh, my God. I lived in rural America as a child. People who can make a living even if it is not a great one in rural America are so lucky. It's wonderful to live there. The quality of life when it comes to things that really matter is far, far better in rural America than in urban America.

And, remember, many of us who live in urban America, in big cities and use all those big words, are the children or grandchildren of the younger brothers and sisters of people in rural America.

Generally, only one of a farmer's children gets to inherit the land, the farm. The other children have to make it in the city. The reality of farming is that one kid, usually a son, inherits the farm. The brothers and sisters have to settle for an education or jobs in towns and cities.

The reality is that rural America IS privileged America.

The numbers don't lie on this issue. Housing is cheaper in rural America. Food is plentiful and fresh in rural America. The air is clean. It is quieter. It is healthier if you choose to live a healthy life.

Farming is hard work. But so is working in a warehouse or teaching school in the inner city or just about any other job people do in the city. And when you farm, you own something that you can sell for real money -- land. A lot of people who live in cities rent their housing and own the shirts on their backs and have nothing to sell or leave to their children.

Rural America should stop whining. They have it good. They are better represented in our government than are urban Americans. Again, stop whining, rural America.