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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And most arrests have been on which side?  Oh, that’s right - Republicans [/quote]
It was galling hearing fake news reports that ANTIFA dominated BLM protests - what I saw was mostly peaceful and masked protesters.

The MAGA rally/ Jan 6 protesters were mostly unmasked and threats of imminent violence brandished proudly.

Still, we need to keep communication channels between Ds and Rs open to avoid another Jan 6. It is much harder work to bother talking to people you disagree with then to just shut them out.

Part of this Trump disaster started because working class low educated people around the country felt disrespected by Hilary (whom I respect and admire) and Democratic leaders in general. Trump was completely disingenuous (billionaire fraud con man) but he managed to bamboozle them that he was one of them and cared what they think. Obviously he doesn’t. Democrats do need to do a better job of communicating with the majority of American who do not have college degrees and showing them they do care what they think and feel.  
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This, exactly this. A lot of working class people really don't realize they are voting against their own interests in order to "stick it" to the "other."[/quote]

The arrogance on this board is astounding. [/quote]

How is it arrogant to point out how low-information working class white people vote against their own interests?[/quote]

Why don’t you rank what you think rural voters should (in your opinion) care about, and compare that to what you think the actually care about?  Then, we can compare the should care about and actually care about to D and R policy positions to see why they may favor R policies.

I’ll guess the top of the “actually care about” list will be access to guns (in part because farmers / rural residents actually use them as tools), respecting their religious preferences, and limiting abortion.

I’ll also hazard to guess that any D policy that would be effectuated in an urban area has extremely limited benefit to a rural voter.  [/quote]

Not pp.  But I would think access to women’s health care would actually be very important.  The United States has one of the highest (if not the highest) maternal mortality rates in the developed world.  And I know it’s very difficult to get doctors to serve in rural areas.  I would think continued federal support- for disabled individuals (again lots of rural people are on federal disability) as well as agriculture subsidies.   These all require federal taxes be high enough.  So, lowering taxes would not be in the interest of rural voters.  I don’t think they much care about the stock market and 401k numbers.  And while I would argue that supporting unfettered gun ownership is not in the interest of rural voters either.  Suicide rates are very high and guns are the number one method for committing suicide. [/quote]

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