Why rural voters don’t vote Democratic anymore

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(11-26-2016, 12:20 PM)Eric the Green Wrote:

(11-26-2016, 12:00 PM)Odin Wrote:

(11-25-2016, 06:03 PM)Eric the Green Wrote:

(11-25-2016, 05:41 PM)Odin Wrote:

(11-25-2016, 04:09 PM)Eric the Green Wrote: If Democrats become Republicans, there isn't must point in electing them. Compromise can be wise, but it has its limits.

If health care affordability is a concern, is there any chance that some rural voters will understand that the answer is more socialism, not less? Red state Senate Democrats killed the public option in 2009; would that have made a difference?

So people who are economically liberal but are against abortion are not real Democrats?

Democrats can't abandon women's concern for control of their reproduction. However, I believe compromise is possible on this issue. The problem is one of heat rather than light.

Pro-Choice activists need to quit insinuating that any man who is against abortion must be a misogynist who hates women and that any woman who is against abortion must be "brainwashed by patriarchal religion".

Also, I have run into extremists who think I'm a horrible person because I think abortion is a necessary evil rather than a "liberating social good". And these people wonder why they are then accused of being a part of a "culture of death" by folks out here in Middle America...

It's too bad we are hung up on these culture wars issues, when they can be solved and it's time to move on. But the two sides seem to be dug in, and it is like a religion to each side.

As usual Eric you're oblivious. The only ones interested in still fighting 3T culture war issues are Boomers. Everyone else has moved on a long time ago. One of the reasons (but by no means the main one--the two main ones obviously is the American distain for dynasties and of course her rampant and obvious corruption) HRC lost and Trump won is because she's post seasonal. While Obama is likely pre-seasonal, as he attempted to govern like a Truman or Eisenhower instead of an FDR or Lincoln, McCain was also post-seasonal (and his VP pick was terrible) and Romney was just plain smarmy.