Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Why Democrats (not candidates) need to STOP ignoring and/or demonizing rural voters... [View all]Bayard
(22,038 posts)Both in general, and on DU.
I get sick of all the Kentucky smears on here. There is a fair amount of us who are not ignorant white tRump-loving hicks.
On a state level, I'd love to see more Dems visit here in the southern KY rural areas. I've never heard of ANY coming here. We have 4 Dems running for governor this time, when:
"Bevin closed out 2018 with a 34 percent approval ratingthe lowest of any governor who remained in office after the 2018 midterm elections". We can take that office back.
Everybody hates Mitch McConnell. God knows he's been a monster in so many ways. REALLY hope Amy McGrath decides to run for that seat in 2020. She has so many things going for her, and again, Mitch only polls in the low 30's here. We can take that office.
Its mostly blue collar working people here, without higher education, and dim prospects. I'd say that's one reason there's an opioid crisis. They've never even been exposed to Dem ideals, or any inclusiveness. If they watch any news at all, yeah--its Fox. They've never heard anything different. They don't care much about foreign policy, they want to hear about healthcare and child care. When I was phone-banking for a Dem rep here last year, those were the concerns I heard. The rest were either--yeah, yeah, yeah to my spiel, in a hurry to get off the phone, or---I'll never vote for a goddamn Democrat again (even though that's how there were registered).
People here need to hear that there are alternatives, and hope/plans for the future.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden