Why Trump may have an unexpected weakness with rural voters in 2020

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8. My perspective is that holding the 20 red district House seats is imperative.

Elections are decided in the 'center'. Those red district Congress 20, need to appeal to their district needs to win. They do not need purists putting targets on their back, or anything like that. Dems, lose the House control, and things can be disastrous.

Many Dem Prez candidate seem to be calculating that trump is a fair bet to lose, if they can win Dem nomination, they can win in November, even though their downticket appeal is not strong, [think pragmatically, Socialist type labels, something like 80% of voters do not have a positive opinion of socialism.].

On an optimistic note, a Dem November win with long 'coattails' could accomplish much more in 2021 and beyond. The bigger the win; the more that can be accomplished.