Nonya Bidniss :CIAverified: on Nostr: Will rural communities and farmers ever learn? ...
Will rural communities and farmers ever learn?
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/12/trump-gop-rural-supporters/680981/?gift=dTCtfzaTNH-KPU5mvs1p-sgvso7JKQJrJmQZbKUzcrg
(Not if the Democrats continue to ignore places they've deserted. Take AL. In this town, there is one active Democratic organization, a little grassroots coffee klatch that talks about local transportation improvements, that's pretty much it. On the state and national level, there is no discernible thing as a Democratic Party office that organizes. The Dems ignore AL during every Presidential campaign because it has ceded its ground completely. On the state level, the AL Democratic Party is notionally a thing that exists but the people they run for governor and many other state offices are bona fide crackpots and religion-pushers. Basically, if the Democratic Party wants things to change across red and rural states, it is going to have put in continuous work and investment in personnel, time, and money to hammer it home to people that when Republicans hurt them, they voted for it, and they can choose to vote for something else.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/12/trump-gop-rural-supporters/680981/?gift=dTCtfzaTNH-KPU5mvs1p-sgvso7JKQJrJmQZbKUzcrg
(Not if the Democrats continue to ignore places they've deserted. Take AL. In this town, there is one active Democratic organization, a little grassroots coffee klatch that talks about local transportation improvements, that's pretty much it. On the state and national level, there is no discernible thing as a Democratic Party office that organizes. The Dems ignore AL during every Presidential campaign because it has ceded its ground completely. On the state level, the AL Democratic Party is notionally a thing that exists but the people they run for governor and many other state offices are bona fide crackpots and religion-pushers. Basically, if the Democratic Party wants things to change across red and rural states, it is going to have put in continuous work and investment in personnel, time, and money to hammer it home to people that when Republicans hurt them, they voted for it, and they can choose to vote for something else.)