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In reply to the discussion: Do We Disrespect Rural America? [View all]forthemiddle
(1,379 posts)I live right smack in the middle of Wisconsin (hence my name). I started posting when Walker recall was underway, and I tried to warn everyone here that the disrespect that the rural voters were getting from the Madison elite was not helping!
A whole lot of my neighbors voted for Obama, but turned around and voted for Trump. I heard the term, "I guess I'm deplorable" more than I ever thought possible.
I also happen to know that the majority of people I heard from were not voting for Trump, they were voting against Hillary! It had nothing to do with her gender, but instead the disregard she had for them.
She NEVER came to the State during the general election. She didn't even start an ad campaign here until one week before the election! I don't mean to imply that voters needed coddling, but Donald Trump was here (almost exclusively in the rural areas) 10 times, so when the news came on it was Donald Trump rallies all the time, and people started to think that at least he cared. Whenever Hillary sent her surrogates (Chelsea went to college towns alot) it was always mentioned that Hillary still hadn't stepped into the state.
Another thing rural people love is their cops, because most of them are the people they went to school with, their relatives, their friends. After the convention I did here some rumbling about the whole night dedicated to the Moms of men killed by cops, and people were saying around here "Blue lives matter too". Every single day on my facebook pages the memes shared the most are the ones thanking the police, and servicemen for their service, yet we didn't hear that from the Dems.
I don't think calling someone racist, and yes "deplorable" then expecting their votes is a winning strategy.