A new campaign ad from @JDScholten in Steve King's district. Note how different a Democratic campaign in rural America looks from anything most of us in computerland are used to.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwSoogsMw3M …
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I never get tired of pointing out that J.D. got 20,000 more votes than there are Democrats in his district. That's not because those voters hated Steve King—they voted for him in the past! How overperforming Democrats in districts like J.D.'s win rural votes deserves attention
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The way the Democratic Party is structured today, those candidates who have the most success connecting with persuadable voters have the least influence within the party itself. Party leadership is divided between an insurgency of safe-seat progressives and the gerontocracy
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Considering that 19% of America—almost entirely rural—constitutes a Senate majority, the Democratic Party's decision to abandon trying to win in rural places and embrace a pro-corporate agenda that impoverishes rural America is particularly mystifying
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Replying to @joechehly @thegrugq
I mean it's useful to know how to talk to people, and what their actual concerns are. Just showing up is also underrated in modern US politics.
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I don't follow your point, but go in peace.
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