Meet A Retired Iowan Farmer Who Is A Devoted Bernie Volunteer

[BigBearJohn]

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“One person, one vote” is the doctrine that governs elections in the United States. But for political campaigns, not all voters are created equal.

Presidential candidates in Iowa are counting on the multiplier effect of their most devoted supporters. And retired farmer Larry Ginter is working hard to get out the vote for Bernie Sanders.

Ginter is a barrel-chested man of modest stature with a gray mustache and a lot on his mind. Save for a stretch in the service, he’s lived in the same single-story home for all of his 76 years.

The stumps of last summer’s corn stalks poke through a thin layer of snow on Ginter’s 180-acre farm. Rhodes, Iowa, population 350, is farm country. And Ginter knows it intimately.

[cali]

1. Just listened. Great story

[Punkingal]

2. Larry is a good guy.

[LiberalElite]

3. Kick! nt

[Agony]

4. ...

"He becomes emotional recounting the meeting. Sitting at a small table in his tiny kitchen, Ginter stares at the floor and gathers himself.

“Excuse me for being a little weepy here,” he says. “But by God this is a fight. It really is. Democracy is too damn important. This inequality that’s going on here pisses me off.”

Ginter wears his heart on his flannel sleeve. And these days, he’s pouring that passion into spreading the word to his farmer neighbors about a Democratic socialist from Vermont. He says he's knocked on lots of doors and made lots of calls.

“I’ve been praying for this guy for along long time,” Ginter says. “We need a political revolution. We need to get social democracy going in this country.”
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[Cal33]

5. I am curious to know, what percentage of the farmers think the way Larry Ginter does. Wouldn't

it be great, if the majority of them did?

How likely is it that many of them listen to the GOP lies, and put all the blame on the Democrats?

[Enthusiast]

6. Kicked and recommended!