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Neema

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4. I recently read something from a guy who actually figured out

Sun Mar 20, 2022, 01:18 PM

Mar 2022

how many Dems were needed in the lowest populated red states to completely flip the state. It wasn't that many. I've never wanted to live in a red state because I don't want to be surrounded by that mindset (and my partner is not white). But man, if Dems could organize a few thousand like-minded people to move to Wyoming, Montana, and the Dakotas, and live near one another for support, you could flip FOUR states pretty easily. The GOP would never again win back the Senate and the House would be way more secure.

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Why are people in rural areas and small towns so often republican..(not always though) [View all] Peacetrain Mar 2022 OP

yes they all know each other vlyons Mar 2022 #1

Rural people don't have to work in the sense of city folk bucolic_frolic Mar 2022 #2

One idea that I've posted before. CrispyQ Mar 2022 #3

Good idea. I agree it would be beneficial all around. c-rational Mar 2022 #33

I recently read something from a guy who actually figured out Neema Mar 2022 #4

Let's take over Cheyenne. dawg Mar 2022 #42

Speaking from experience - because churches run those small towns. Runningdawg Mar 2022 #5

In my little corner of rural KY, last election, I noticed more people Meadowoak Mar 2022 #6

wouldn't that have been a primary though? yellowdogintexas Mar 2022 #14

You are correct, it was the primary, it's been so long, I almost forgot. Meadowoak Mar 2022 #19

Diebold...ESS machines WhiteTara Mar 2022 #29

i believe the new ones we use are ESS Meadowoak Mar 2022 #39

new boss WhiteTara Mar 2022 #40

I grew up in a Small Town far away from a Big City Shermann Mar 2022 #7

IbKnow The Feeling nt WiVoter Mar 2022 #8

Also the ubiquity of the FNC Stargleamer Mar 2022 #9

And Jerry2144 Mar 2022 #17

Most folks around here never heard of MSNBC or CNN Meadowoak Mar 2022 #20

Exactly right. I've noted that on DU before. When I lived in rural TX 25 yrs ago, txwhitedove Mar 2022 #41

That's likely Metaphorical Mar 2022 #10

I do not know how to put this delicately. BlueGreenLady Mar 2022 #11

+1000 smirkymonkey Mar 2022 #30

I agree and will add to that PlutosHeart Mar 2022 #32

The internet is the least expensive way to bridging such places. Tetrachloride Mar 2022 #12

Fear, like vulnerable to harassment, vandalism, etc. - with no effective recourse empedocles Mar 2022 #13

I've lived in a small town in a small rural county for over 40 years. OAITW r.2.0 Mar 2022 #15

Democrats are the party of you know who. They can't (won't) go for that. Ever. czarjak Mar 2022 #16

This issue bothers me, as well. I live in a small red town and know a number of Trumper R's but in2herbs Mar 2022 #18

Fear is a huge motivator - and they seem to be afraid of everything mcar Mar 2022 #21

First of all, rural America is only about 20% of the population, so we aren't exactly the elephant Chainfire Mar 2022 #22

But I had a biology teacher who was also a stellar coach who once said on the first day alphafemale Mar 2022 #26

R-A-C-I-S-M H-O-M-O-P-H-O-B-I-A M-I-S-O-G-N-Y alphafemale Mar 2022 #23

24/7 fascist radio propaganda BlueIdaho Mar 2022 #24

Fear of the "other" supercharged by Rightwing media and Rightwing religion YorkRd Mar 2022 #25

White flight. Baitball Blogger Mar 2022 #27

In Michigan, a measley 25% of TFG voters live in rural areas Kaleva Mar 2022 #28

Inexperience outside of their bubble makes rural folks cautious, less tolerant, and clannish Simeon Salus Mar 2022 #31

It's tribal. Fear of the outsider, especially if they look differently. That's why they are so jalan48 Mar 2022 #34

Education levels and experiences. Look at CV19 vaccination rates, for example. Hoyt Mar 2022 #35

They're choosing to live where they live because they believe they are avoiding Wingus Dingus Mar 2022 #36

A resegregation, this time from the suburbs to the exurbs Simeon Salus Mar 2022 #37

As a former Detroiter, now in rural KY. I must say the crime and drug problem Meadowoak Mar 2022 #46

I lived in a rural midwest town of 1000 for 6 years, and the house across the street Wingus Dingus Mar 2022 #48

Fear and suspicion of people who are different. Ocelot II Mar 2022 #38

It's because they know Democratic policies... Buckeye_Democrat Mar 2022 #43

I live in Orange County Diablo del sol Mar 2022 #44

I don't think it's fear. DashOneBravo Mar 2022 #45

Large numbers of White Xtians. Even in Cities White Xtians tend to be Republican JI7 Mar 2022 #47