Democratic Primaries
In reply to the discussion: Why Democrats (not candidates) need to STOP ignoring and/or demonizing rural voters... [View all]doompatrol39
(428 posts)Ah...the old "Some people".
I rarely see anyone saying we shouldn't include rural voters. Just that they shouldn't have an outsized say in our politics, policies or candidates and that they shouldn't be pandered to (which tbh if I were a rural voter I would find more offensive than anything else). And also, that the idea of "rural voters" should not just include the white working class, which is too often what it means.
The candidate with the most support on here's primary selling point according to his supporters is his ability to reach out to rural voters (never mind any actual evidence to back that up beyond some general sense of folksiness.....but o.k.) and not too far behind is someone whose credentials are that he is the mayor in a fairly rural state. So I'n not even sure it holds up to scrutiny that the majority of people even on here are contemptuous of rural voters.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided