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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: To just write off white working class folks or ANY group ANYWHERE is STUPID. Here is why: [View all]sweetapogee
(1,168 posts)14. maybe, maybe not
but there is a perception among rural peoples that a lot of their tax funds go directly to the cities and urban areas and have no benefit to them. Then when they try to get a little bit of tax funding to finance their volunteer fire department that needs a new truck and they are told no. Not pointing fingers at anyone but some on our side will say if you want to benefit from government grants then move to the city, the implication being that it's their fault or their decision to live where they are not receiving much of anything for their tax dollars.
What we need to do is show them how they are getting benefits from their tax dollars. That will shut them up.
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To just write off white working class folks or ANY group ANYWHERE is STUPID. Here is why: [View all]
RBInMaine
Dec 2016
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I don't think Democrats wrote them off. This comes down to the hostile dynamics of the primary.
R B Garr
Dec 2016
#3
Strawman, few are writing them off just not go to coddle them with denigrating minorities ...
uponit7771
Dec 2016
#6
Rural and rust belt working class voters are not interested in our realistic jobs plans.
LonePirate
Dec 2016
#13
No, they will never shut up about their racist resentment of "urbanites" because facts don't matter
Coventina
Dec 2016
#16
Baloney, blue states pay red welfare. Except for kids I wish we could stop subsidizing them.
bettyellen
Dec 2016
#20
Just correcting your nonsense about red states not benefiting from our blue taxes....
bettyellen
Dec 2016
#31
Nobody is writing them off, but as the old saying says you can lead a horse to water . . .
Vinca
Dec 2016
#17
No, people who cared about economics first went for Hillary. Trump won on terrorism and immigration.
bettyellen
Dec 2016
#19
Trumps racism motivated apathetic voters more than any economic message did...
bettyellen
Dec 2016
#23
It's so twisted, but the media went out of their way to normalize the hatred and
bettyellen
Dec 2016
#38
So Obama got black voters who never voted before and are not voting again....
bettyellen
Dec 2016
#44
I have to agree. These people were a traditional Dem base, and there's no reason
Yo_Mama
Dec 2016
#39