New York City has more people than 37 states. (Reply #32)

In the discussion thread: "I Was the Governor of Montana. My Fellow Democrats, You Need to Get Out of the City More." [View all]

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Sun Dec 5, 2021, 02:33 AM

Kid Berwyn (8,609 posts)

32. New York City has more people than 37 states.

Their problems may be different, but they’re both due to bastard billionaire tax dodgers and their fascist henchmen.

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209 replies	Author	Time	Post
"I Was the Governor of Montana. My Fellow Democrats, You Need to Get Out of the City More." [View all]	brooklynite	Dec 2021	OP
Personally, I think it's the rural folks who need to spend more time in the cities	VMA131Marine	Dec 2021	#1
You're welcome to tell them that...	brooklynite	Dec 2021	#2
We witness this very thing even here.	ForgedCrank	Dec 2021	#10
More care should be given into how we address folks	Mad_Machine76	Dec 2021	#18
Thanks, and sorry.	elleng	Dec 2021	#19
I totally agree. nt	Raine	Dec 2021	#39
Agree	Freddie	Dec 2021	#55
I see that here on DU, but fortunately not within the official party	LeftInTX	Dec 2021	#108
I am so with you brother	GusBob	Dec 2021	#74
The people running for office don't do it though	treestar	Dec 2021	#93
I'm sorry that you experienced that	SunImp	Dec 2021	#158
I don't think it's you, personally, that people have problems with.	Progressive Jones	Dec 2021	#163
This.	eppur_se_muova	Dec 2021	#5
Useful?	elleng	Dec 2021	#6
Not at all	GusBob	Dec 2021	#79
We lost some poor minority urban areas in 2020	LeftInTX	Dec 2021	#110
You can't win a congressional majorities solely on urban votes	Ex Lurker	Dec 2021	#13
Our you were born with the original sin of racism is not much better.	cinematicdiversions	Dec 2021	#35
I think that starting some scuttlebutt	taxi	Dec 2021	#144
THIS.	W_HAMILTON	Dec 2021	#34
Yes, and it's not as if nobody from small cities and towns across the country move	betsuni	Dec 2021	#40
Looking at voting patterns, it undeniable that cities tend to support Democrats and small	Demsrule86	Dec 2021	#72
Some of us	DashOneBravo	Dec 2021	#125
We're asking for their VOTES..	Cha	Dec 2021	#36
Yep	empedocles	Dec 2021	#63
We need to pass whatever version of Build Back Better we can and pass the defense bill ... get	Demsrule86	Dec 2021	#73
The Republicans would do worse	treestar	Dec 2021	#97
+1 -K&R	onetexan	Dec 2021	#56
It's hard not to have to head into a city periodically	Amishman	Dec 2021	#111
The wood buring stove regulations are a big deal here	ripcord	Dec 2021	#149
Agree 100% nt	RFCalifornia	Dec 2021	#201
'The core problem is a familiar one -- Democrats are out of touch with the needs of the ordinary vote	elleng	Dec 2021	#3
And Biden's agenda isn't good for the entire nation? nt	Progressive Jones	Dec 2021	#20
'The entire nation' is made up as #9 depicts.	elleng	Dec 2021	#25
Biden's agenda is sitting in Congress going nowhere while the progessives demand	Demsrule86	Dec 2021	#80
I really hate how BBB has got bogged down	Mad_Machine76	Dec 2021	#23
Ditto, but, as shown just in this thread, there is a fair amount of 'disarray.'	elleng	Dec 2021	#26
Of what widespread disarray do you speak?	Mad_Machine76	Dec 2021	#28
About a third of the posts say yes, there is a problem, what do we do about it?	Ex Lurker	Dec 2021	#37
When Wendy Davis was talking about her abortion when she ran for governor of Texas	LeftInTX	Dec 2021	#44
I agree, downplay some of these issues	Freddie	Dec 2021	#51
I only see that on DU.	LeftInTX	Dec 2021	#115
hey here's a novel idea	inthewind21	Dec 2021	#196
It is fucking ridiculous. Both sides need to get it done and stop the nonsense.	Demsrule86	Dec 2021	#81
Biden, Schumer, and Pelosi	Mad_Machine76	Dec 2021	#123
The problem with Manchin and Sinema,	Mr.Bill	Dec 2021	#148
This "goal-post" moving is getting extremely tiring	Mad_Machine76	Dec 2021	#152
The infrastructure and social spending bills are DEMOCRATIC...	Grins	Dec 2021	#31
+1	betsuni	Dec 2021	#33
That is a ridiculous statement. We will lose the midterm for sure and badly if we don't pass	Demsrule86	Dec 2021	#82
Good	empedocles	Dec 2021	#61
Republicans are in touch?	treestar	Dec 2021	#98
It's not that they're in touch. They're pandering to the emotions.	haele	Dec 2021	#106
Nothing Democrats can do to get rural voters, they're a cult.	dem4decades	Dec 2021	#4
Yes. Rural folks have been subjected to focused, intensive, continuous	Roisin Ni Fiachra	Dec 2021	#60
It isn't just that.	LiberatedUSA	Dec 2021	#66
Good thing banning semi-automatic weapons is a pipe dream.	maxsolomon	Dec 2021	#161
Funny I'm on a Fishing website, lots of rural folks on it, they bitch and moan about Democtrats and	dem4decades	Dec 2021	#69
If rural Americans are such monsters	GusBob	Dec 2021	#92
Wasn't that in the preTrump era?	dem4decades	Dec 2021	#132
Thanks. Good post.	mountain grammy	Dec 2021	#203
If every urban minority voted, we would not have to worry about rural votes	LeftInTX	Dec 2021	#117
"They" "Them"	KentuckyWoman	Dec 2021	#138
Rural folks don't like access to health care?	gratuitous	Dec 2021	#7
Even if true, " coastal, overly educated, elitist, judgmental, socialist," better than rube	Hoyt	Dec 2021	#8
"Overly educated" isn't even a real thing. Maybe they like their doctors "under educated". nt	Progressive Jones	Dec 2021	#17
+1000	llmart	Dec 2021	#103
Amazing	Hekate	Dec 2021	#9
Thank You ! nt	Progressive Jones	Dec 2021	#12
Yep. Coastal elites who can only win in urban areas	GusBob	Dec 2021	#89
Trump is a coastal elite.	Mariana	Dec 2021	#102
Trump is an enigma..LOL	LeftInTX	Dec 2021	#113
No he's not, He's a coastal elite asshole who appeals to other assholes or lesser angels of huma	uponit7771	Dec 2021	#136
Exactly. Trump of New York played into rural xtian desire	radius777	Dec 2021	#206
+a gazillion!	llmart	Dec 2021	#104
Um, this Democrat IS an ordinary voter. I'm tired of this	Progressive Jones	Dec 2021	#11
Or California	Mad_Machine76	Dec 2021	#14
That would make everything screech to a halt in hours. nt	Progressive Jones	Dec 2021	#15
Yep	Mad_Machine76	Dec 2021	#24
They're only 1/4 of the population, but	Freddie	Dec 2021	#52
Trump won PA in the rural areas and it does matter.	Demsrule86	Dec 2021	#83
The author doesn't understand why people vote Republican, doesn't understand	betsuni	Dec 2021	#16
The former Democratic Governor of Montana doesn't understand the Democratic Party.....	brooklynite	Dec 2021	#21
How are Democrats "out of touch with the needs of the ordinary voter"?	betsuni	Dec 2021	#27
Inquiring minds want to know this as well!	Mad_Machine76	Dec 2021	#29
Things that drive rural voters nuts:	LeftInTX	Dec 2021	#41
So, basically abandon a lot of the environmentalist stuff?	Mad_Machine76	Dec 2021	#127
Common sense...not woo	LeftInTX	Dec 2021	#129
I agree it should be backed by good science	Mad_Machine76	Dec 2021	#130
Yes, our horticulture agent is one of the smartest ag guys I know (at least in ag LOL)	LeftInTX	Dec 2021	#131
"We have eliminated an herbicide".	Mariana	Dec 2021	#167
Round Up will no longer contain Glyphosate	LeftInTX	Dec 2021	#175
One company stopped using it in one brand of products. BFD.	Mariana	Dec 2021	#182
The Democratic base does not win elections	LeftInTX	Dec 2021	#38
The working class is the Democratic base.	betsuni	Dec 2021	#45
I thought it was people who voted in Democratic Primaries?	LeftInTX	Dec 2021	#47
...	betsuni	Dec 2021	#49
THIS !!!! ☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾	uponit7771	Dec 2021	#140
Black voters (ie, the Dem base) in big cities like Milwaukee, Detroit, Philly	radius777	Dec 2021	#207
That has changed	FelineOverlord	Dec 2021	#68
"The Democratic base aren't rural white people" ... Yep and it's hard to get that out of people's he	uponit7771	Dec 2021	#139
Adept response	empedocles	Dec 2021	#64
A Democrat who wins rural elections	GusBob	Dec 2021	#90
Bullock is as clueless about Dems as Christie is about Repubs.	radius777	Dec 2021	#151
I don't think so. 'I Was the Governor of Montana.'	elleng	Dec 2021	#22
Sure	Zeitghost	Dec 2021	#126
A two-term Dem governor doesn't understand Dems?	sir pball	Dec 2021	#177
Sure, I'd love to live in the country	ymetca	Dec 2021	#30
And their votes count for more than ours	Freddie	Dec 2021	#57
New York City has more people than 37 states.	Kid Berwyn	Dec 2021	#32
Congressional District Maps by Population shows why Gov Bullock cant be ignored	andym	Dec 2021	#42
That doesn't add up at all. R's rule by winning the popular minority. Dems win popular majority	ffr	Dec 2021	#43
+1	betsuni	Dec 2021	#46
Winning the majority of votes does not always mean winning elections	Freddie	Dec 2021	#58
Democrats still do not understand the efficacy of voter suppression voter denial and vote nullificat	uponit7771	Dec 2021	#141
We also have a similar issue with low income minority voters	LeftInTX	Dec 2021	#48
Wracking up large majorities in urban and areas doesn't	Tomconroy	Dec 2021	#50
He was the governor of Montana - Who's governor now? Greg Gianforte...	ck4829	Dec 2021	#53
+1.	dalton99a	Dec 2021	#116
Why are they voting for people like Gianforte and Trump ?	JI7	Dec 2021	#54
this is a real message to build party untiy around.......NOT:	Celerity	Dec 2021	#59
Exactly	mountain grammy	Dec 2021	#204
I live in rural red Virginia.	phylny	Dec 2021	#62
Of some people I know who have a farm - seems to be an identity thing.	empedocles	Dec 2021	#65
Because of the force multiplier effect that comes from political control in the US,	Celerity	Dec 2021	#198
The problem isn't "democrats not reaching out".	rownesheck	Dec 2021	#67
That is why they gerrymander	Keepthesoulalive	Dec 2021	#70
This all circles back to having no counterpart to conservative media	JHB	Dec 2021	#71
+1.	dalton99a	Dec 2021	#114
LOL. Those morons would rather die than wear a mask or take a free vaccine	Downtown Hound	Dec 2021	#75
And we see people on DU say that Republicans are gonna lose because they died of Covid	LeftInTX	Dec 2021	#119
Rural voters find Democrats judgemental?	malletgirl02	Dec 2021	#76
Our problem is not policies	TheFarseer	Dec 2021	#77
Yes and that is the point...time to stop arguing among ourselves and work something out.	Demsrule86	Dec 2021	#85
They will own the marijuana thing...It actually had a good chance of passing in Texas	LeftInTX	Dec 2021	#121
What exactly are we supposed to do	Elessar Zappa	Dec 2021	#78
Send in people to campaign there...start a grass roots movement start with local government.	Demsrule86	Dec 2021	#87
I would love it if we could start winning in rural areas.	Elessar Zappa	Dec 2021	#88
.	WhiskeyGrinder	Dec 2021	#84
Jon Tester is Senator from Montana	GusBob	Dec 2021	#86
I wonder how many rural DUers there are actually	GusBob	Dec 2021	#91
I was until I was 21.	honest.abe	Dec 2021	#99
I grew up in a township that had 17 people	GusBob	Dec 2021	#101
No doubt there are more assholes in the cities..	honest.abe	Dec 2021	#147
I must be an asshole magnet	GusBob	Dec 2021	#185
My opinion of benefits will probably be different from yours..	honest.abe	Dec 2021	#186
Yeah see	GusBob	Dec 2021	#191
As I said in a post upstream I grew up on a farm.	honest.abe	Dec 2021	#192
Like "Little House on the Prairie"!	betsuni	Dec 2021	#193
So we are not Nazis	GusBob	Dec 2021	#195
How is this type of disdain	Casady1	Feb 17	#209
I grew up in a rural area.	llmart	Dec 2021	#107
I live in a small town in a rural county	Bettie	Dec 2021	#133
If Steve Bullock has all the answers	EarlG	Dec 2021	#94
Maybe that's his point	GusBob	Dec 2021	#100
I dunno about that	EarlG	Dec 2021	#112
He lost because he is tagged as a Democrat	GusBob	Dec 2021	#170
But he won the Governor's race in 2016	EarlG	Dec 2021	#188
Answer: what voters look for in a State race is different from a Senate race...	brooklynite	Dec 2021	#189
I don't know the answer	GusBob	Dec 2021	#190
I grew up on a rural farm and moved to an urban area because I wanted to experience more in life.	honest.abe	Dec 2021	#95
Rural voters vote for guns. They also equate Democrats	DenaliDemocrat	Dec 2021	#96
They equate Democrats with Satan.	Mariana	Dec 2021	#105
Yeah but evangelical churches are generally not huge	DenaliDemocrat	Dec 2021	#118
The majority of Christian voters overall cast their ballots for Trump in 2016.	Mariana	Dec 2021	#143
I not sure about these numbers	DenaliDemocrat	Dec 2021	#145
He still won the majority of Protestant Christians	Mariana	Dec 2021	#157
Evangelical churches and Southern Baptists	DenaliDemocrat	Dec 2021	#160
They are a plague.	Mariana	Dec 2021	#174
No. Double pre-destination is heresy	DenaliDemocrat	Dec 2021	#184
One challenge Democrats have with rural is physical outreach	LeftInTX	Dec 2021	#109
Only around 1/6th of the US population is rural (n/t)	Spider Jerusalem	Dec 2021	#120
The QTHUGS had a plan. 2020 When TFG gave huge payouts to farmers.	bluestarone	Dec 2021	#122
This is a prime example of decades long successful messaging by the right.	2 Meow Momma	Dec 2021	#124
We need to stop the "climate change disaster" narrative	LeftInTX	Dec 2021	#128
rubbish	Celerity	Dec 2021	#134
I'm not pushing fracking, but it's not going away. There is not an easy answer	LeftInTX	Dec 2021	#142
Yes, go to where most voters aren't, counties and regions marinated in hate radio . . .	hatrack	Dec 2021	#135
Thank you for reinforcing Governor Bullock's point...	brooklynite	Dec 2021	#146
Do you live in a red state? Did you grow up in a small town, "Brooklynite"?	hatrack	Dec 2021	#202
So racism isn't a problem?	ismnotwasm	Dec 2021	#137
Yawn, another lame 'white guy at a diner' type of analysis	radius777	Dec 2021	#150
Our pride be damned	Philosophizing Fool	Dec 2021	#153
Which parts of the Democratic Party Platform do you think should be changed	Mariana	Dec 2021	#171
What arrogance? What views need to be readjusted? What Democratic principles have left them behind?	betsuni	Dec 2021	#179
No	Philosophizing Fool	Dec 2021	#199
No. If I cannot see a problem and there are no examples of it, it doesn't exist.	betsuni	Dec 2021	#200
This message was self-deleted by its author	traitorsgalore	Dec 2021	#154
Other than the fact that you don't like his perspective on rural voters...	brooklynite	Dec 2021	#155
Care to post something that's not behind a paywall?	traitorsgalore	Dec 2021	#156
I generally find when people resort to personal attacks, they've given up discussing...	brooklynite	Dec 2021	#159
Biden is a mainstream liberal and well to the left of Bullock.	radius777	Dec 2021	#208
Jews need to get out and talk to Nazis	maxrandb	Dec 2021	#162
What an ugly comment...	brooklynite	Dec 2021	#164
Native Americans, Hispanic Americans and African Americans are rural residents ya know	GusBob	Dec 2021	#183
How can you even be over educated?	Poiuyt	Dec 2021	#165
Evergreen tweet	wellst0nev0ter	Dec 2021	#166
In 2018, I met with Elissa Slotkin who was running for Congress in a suburban/rural district	brooklynite	Dec 2021	#168
I'm fine with "rural folks" but I am not fine with my vote being worth 1/40th of a Montanans' vote.	Hekate	Dec 2021	#169
If you want to change the voting system, you'll need a Constitutional Amendment...	brooklynite	Dec 2021	#173
I understand that very well	Hekate	Dec 2021	#178
Bingo	ymetca	Dec 2021	#180
Tired of catering to rural voters	budkin	Dec 2021	#172
We're not arguing that they're "better"....	brooklynite	Dec 2021	#181
It might be easier to listen to this	dsc	Dec 2021	#176
Last two and current Dem presidents weren't from upper class wealthy coastal elite backgrounds.	betsuni	Dec 2021	#187
The problem is the lack of a medium	ibegurpard	Dec 2021	#194
Third Way: "The Rural Vote with Cheri Bustos"	brooklynite	Dec 2021	#197
Wasn't Bullock recruited by the DSCC exactly	Deminpenn	Dec 2021	#205

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