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2016 Postmortem

JI7

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5. i think it's the opposite with talk radio being what they mostly hear. but many big city people are

Reply to YoungDemCA (Original post)

Fri Nov 25, 2016, 11:02 PM

Nov 2016

Republicans and they are the ones most likely to view the poorer rural types as less.

Would trump ever spend time on a personal level with many of those suppoerters ? I never saw him one on one the way hillary would with regular people across the country.

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There's an asymmetrical perception issue between rural areas and big cities/metros [View all] YoungDemCA Nov 2016 OP

It doesn't really feel that way to me, and I live out here in the sticks. dawg Nov 2016 #1

To me it seems to be the opposite Nonhlanhla Nov 2016 #2

exactly, and most city folk are working class, radius777 Nov 2016 #4

the base of the modern day Dem party are metro areas radius777 Nov 2016 #3

i think it's the opposite with talk radio being what they mostly hear. but many big city people are JI7 Nov 2016 #5

talked to a presumptive Trump voter today DeminPennswoods Nov 2016 #6

the thing about how blacks and mexicans and immigrants and anyone non white is getting free stuff JI7 Nov 2016 #9

Yep DeminPennswoods Nov 2016 #11

I read an article years ago about how... Garrett78 Nov 2016 #7

Fox News is headquartered in NYC in the middle of Manhattan Yavin4 Nov 2016 #8

Yeah, all my partner's down state relatives who won't come to Chicago because of all the "shootings" Hassin Bin Sober Nov 2016 #10

In PA, 80% never leave the state DeminPennswoods Nov 2016 #12

Well, i will tell you this.... Adrahil Nov 2016 #13

Exactly, the idea that conservative whites will "put aside differences" radius777 Nov 2016 #14

It doesn't seem to be so one-sided IMNSHO.... Wounded Bear Nov 2016 #15

I know more rural Americans that have no more interest in guns or PufPuf23 Nov 2016 #17

Why should rural folks side with urban trend setters that misunderstand and belittle them? PufPuf23 Nov 2016 #16