If you look at the democratic primary maps [1], you'll see that these white rural voters were actually more progressive than their counterparts in the cities.

If you look at the democratic primary maps [1], you'll see that these white rural voters were actually more progressive than their counterparts in the cities. Look at the county maps for Indiana, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Michigan. The people in the cities there thought that Bernie was too progressive and so "unelectable" while these "backwards" racist rural voters actually voted for him. These are the people the DNC completely ignored. These are the people that Trump's team saw. They aren't all stupid racist hicks. They voted for Bernie. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Results_of_the_Democratic_Party_presidential_primaries,_2016 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Results_of_the_Democratic_Part...