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Showing Original Post only (View all)Former senators launching effort to help Dems win rural votes [View all]
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/440609-former-senators-launching-effort-to-help-dems-win-rural-votesFormer Sens. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.) and Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.) are launching an initiative to help the Democratic Party reverse its losses in rural America ahead of the 2020 election.
Heitkamp and Donnelly, who both lost their reelection bids in red states last year, will introduce One Country Thursday in an effort to win back voters who have reliably voted Republican for years.
One Country will reopen the dialogue with rural America, reengaging rural voters with trust and respect. By taking these conversations and combining them with data, research, and polling, One Country will reverse the trends that are causing rural voters to reject Democratic leadership, the group said in a statement.
While political pundits and pollsters perceive rural America as firmly in Republican hands, One Countrys mission is to change that perception and show the path forward.
Heitkamp and Donnelly, who both lost their reelection bids in red states last year, will introduce One Country Thursday in an effort to win back voters who have reliably voted Republican for years.
One Country will reopen the dialogue with rural America, reengaging rural voters with trust and respect. By taking these conversations and combining them with data, research, and polling, One Country will reverse the trends that are causing rural voters to reject Democratic leadership, the group said in a statement.
While political pundits and pollsters perceive rural America as firmly in Republican hands, One Countrys mission is to change that perception and show the path forward.
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We only had rural America in that dreaded "Dixiecrat" era until Nixon stole them.
CaptYossarian
Apr 2019
#14
It's more than FOX. Sinclair is invading local news markets all throughout the country.
CaptYossarian
Apr 2019
#15
current state of GOP in Iowa is similar to Kansas now, so we can take advantage but
beachbum bob
Apr 2019
#21
To Succeed, One Country Will Need Solutions for the "Isms" that Lured these Voters to Republicans
dlk
Apr 2019
#8
+1 We may share economic interests, but are our moral values too divergent?
lagomorph777
Apr 2019
#11
They can tell rural America that Trump is breaking up and breaking down their beloved USDA.
ancianita
Apr 2019
#12