(Disclaimer: I'm a political moderate. The following are simply some observations and conclusions based on a statistically insignificant sample size and should

(Disclaimer: I'm a political moderate. The following are simply some observations and conclusions based on a statistically insignificant sample size and should in no way be construed as an attempt at persuasion toward or impingement of ideologies for the progress of the US, regardless of which political party they originate from.) Some of the posts on this topic are representative of the "disdain/hate" accusation. (Samples from other discussion forums correlate well with the attitudes displayed in some of these posts.) The messaging from urban voters seems to be "We know the best way forward and if you don't agree with us you're an idiot." Disdain generally follows disagreement because that attitude precludes any rational discourse regardless if the disagreements are well-founded. "Hate" probably stems from the use of terms such as "flyover states", "rednecks", "hillbillies", etc. These terms are quite often used in political discourse online, usually by urbanites referring to voters in the central US. Semantically and linguistically these terms are exactly equivalent to any racial slurs, so when the population of the central US hears urbanites utter these words while at the same time championing for racial equality it's no wonder that they assume hypocrisy and hate from those same urbanites. I don't think governance will improve until all sides are willing to think that they might be wrong about their vision of the future and engage in constructive dialog with all or most of the affected parties to reach a compromise.