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Showing Original Post only (View all)Do We Disrespect Rural America? [View all]
The obvious reason to hack the rural vote is that it typically comes in later, so the people stealing an election can see how far their candidate is behind and then make up the difference. However, when they decided to hack the rural vote, I think they also reasoned that Democratic urban dwellers would buy the lie that people who live in the country are "dumb" enough to fall for Trump.
I don't think rural folks are dumb, and I don't think they voted overwhelmingly for Trump.
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i don't think they are dumb either that's why i think most voted for him over bigotry
JI7
Nov 2016
#3
that's true of city and surburban types also. they might have more formal education but not much
JI7
Nov 2016
#12
I think religion has a lot to do with it. The refusal to look at things critically.
smirkymonkey
Nov 2016
#54
I think mostly fundamentalist religions. Not the more liberal denominations
smirkymonkey
Nov 2016
#73
Sorry, didn't mean to clump them all in together! The south and midwest are filled
smirkymonkey
Nov 2016
#75
Iowa has always had a strong evangelical side to it so i'm not too surprised by that . Wisconsin had
JI7
Nov 2016
#16
Totally agree. They finally had a chance to strike back against POC, Muslims, LGTB, Latinos and
Fla Dem
Nov 2016
#117
However a formal education teaches one to think critically and that is what they lack.
smirkymonkey
Nov 2016
#55
They are not educated in the respect of cultural aspects. Sorry but I too have lived in
ebbie15644
Nov 2016
#107
Trump praised them for being uneducated and they cheered . Why the insult now?.
lunasun
Nov 2016
#50
in 2012 West Virginia Democratic Primary a Prison inmate got more than 40 percent of the vote
JI7
Nov 2016
#17
I think Rural America has been victims of a steady diet of right-wing propaganda
meow2u3
Nov 2016
#27
I've always wondered why this is only from the right. Maybe right wing stuff sells better. Many
RKP5637
Nov 2016
#58
And sadly so many people hear/watch it and think their BS is the absolute truth. n/t
RKP5637
Nov 2016
#114
if they immediately identified with being a deplorable then it seems most likely the townspeople
lunasun
Nov 2016
#43
Maybe you're right, maybe they shouldn't be allowed to leave until the demonstrate
ileus
Nov 2016
#95
Because if for no other reason the country can't be governed with political control of
TheKentuckian
Nov 2016
#90
Rural areas send the cities energy supplies, food, fiber, and construction materials
FarCenter
Nov 2016
#88