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Rural Democrats: We Tried to Warn You
- webmaven 10y ago"But they don’t know how to talk about ordinary people." Riiight... because Americans who live in urban areas aren't "ordinary people". Hey, I bet they aren't actually "Real Americans" either. </sarcasm> In case it isn't already clear from the subtext in the OP, I'll make the point plainly: the rural/urban divide cuts both ways.
- pwthornton 10y agoThis piece really comes off just as venting. I don't think the people quoted in it are offering anything particularly insightful or that their solutions would really help that much. One of the proposed solutions is sending more yard signs to rural areas. Do people really vote based on yard signs?
- webmaven 10y ago> Do people really vote based on yard signs? Sort of. People are influenced somewhat by the opinions of others in their community, and noticing the number of yard signs for candidates is a low-risk way of gauging the prevailing sentiment.