Trump skips swing-state cities; opts for rural town instead

[pstokely]

Source: STL Post Dispatch

KENANSVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Donald Trump is spending a lot of time in this critical presidential swing state, but he campaigned Tuesday evening far from cities like Charlotte and Raleigh where many candidates have courted moderate voters in recent years.

Instead, he zeroed in on this tiny, rural town of about 850 people to make his pitch to the disaffected, working-class white voters who have propelled his campaign. The strategy appears to be less about swaying undecideds and more about making sure supporters don't stay home on Election Day.

Registered Democrats outnumber registered Republicans 2-1 in Duplin County, but voters here have chosen the GOP presidential candidate in the past two elections by a wide margin. Among those lifelong Democrats is James Teachey, a 78-year-old retired farmer who said this year was the first time he donated to a presidential campaign: $40 to Trump.

"People are sick and tired of the way things are going in Washington and the way people are running it," he said. "I was born coming out of the Depression. We know what a dollar means, what leaving your door unlocked means. And all those things are gone."

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[JI7]

1. i don't think it's exactly bad strategically if you consider turnout

cities tend to be dem heavy . republicans have done well winning by getting turnout in their smaller areas .

[book_worm]

7. I agree, it's a good strategy for the Trump campaign

[underthematrix]

2. I imagine Birther Trump can find more pockets of anger, hate and violence

and those poor people get nothing. It's evil

[vinny9698]

3. Those rurual voters always turnout,then you get the law of dimensioning returns.

1. It is easy to GOTV when you only have a few hundred voters
2. Peer pressure
3. No long lines in and out
4. Mostly retired older GOP white voters

But how many more voters can you squeeze out of such a small population.
You then run into the law of dimensioning returns. Can;t go against the laws of physics.
Those rallies cost money and more importantly time and just to get a handful of votes. Not worth it.

[Judi Lynn]

4. They come from all over to see the Kenansville water tower:

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The frunt



This here's the bayuck.

http://www.visitnc.com/contents/imgcrop/17749/1200/630

The Country Squire Restaurant.





The huge Kenansville turnout. [/center]

[ncgrits]

5. Wow. Small town has water tower!

What a bunch of rubes! And whiiile wur at it, lit's spell thur werds phonetically so we look smart! (Golllleee, that's fuuuunny.)

Because anybody that doesn't live in a metropolitan area is deserving of ridicule, right?

Many rural people are wrong-headed politically and vote against their best interests. And that warrants criticism. Their accents and the fact that their little town has a diner do not.

ncgrits
Small Town Resident

[Proud liberal 80]

6. He is a "lifelong" Democrat

Who probably hasn't voted for a Democrat since then 1970's. A lot of older southerners are like this. They use to be Democrats, but due to Nixon's Southern Strategy they vote Republican. They just never bothered to update their voter registration.