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Howie Klein
Jun 11, 20224 min read
Forget About GOP Politicians For A Moment-- What Is Wrong With The People Who Vote For Them?
Yesterday we looked at how the rate of premature deaths are higher in red counties than blue counties. This morning a trio of Wall Street...
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Howie Klein
Apr 12, 20225 min read
Mark Neumann... On What's Right With Small Town America
Last night Mark Newmann noted here that Biden's plan for rural America was a good start. "The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is...
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Howie Klein
Apr 11, 20225 min read
Can Democrats Win Back Rural Voters?
No one ever thought a Democrat would be a front-runner in a Missouri Senate election, but Lucas Kunce is nothing like the GOP-light...
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Eva Putzova
Apr 6, 20223 min read
Gerrymandering In Arizona-- How Safe Is Far Right Crackpot Wendy Rogers' Seat?
-by Eva Putzova, Founder Catch Fire Movement In many states the rules of the redistricting process that takes place every 10 years after...
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Howie Klein
Mar 23, 20224 min read
Progressives Don't Write-Off Any Groups Of People
Hank Linderman, as we saw a few weeks ago when we first met him, is the head of the Kentucky Democratic Party's rural caucus. He's...
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Howie Klein
Feb 23, 202210 min read
The Democratic Party Ignored Rural Voters-- Now Rural Voters Are Ignoring Democrats
Hank Linderman is the head of the Kentucky Democratic Party's rural caucus and he's running for Congress in a very rural-- and very red--...
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Howie Klein
Feb 17, 20227 min read
Democrats Who Have Nothing To Say To Rural Communities But "Broadband" Won't Win
That Trump-- And The GOP-- Are Beloved In Rural Districts Is The Ultimate Con The video above was released the morning by Austin...
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Howie Klein
Feb 12, 20226 min read
Can Democrats Win Back Rural America? Mark Neumann & Erica Smith Say Yes. So Does Bernie
Bernie beat Hillary by double digits in the Wisconsin presidential primary. I want to look at the 18 counties, most of which are rural,...
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Howie Klein
Feb 1, 20226 min read
Progressive Politics Make Sense For Rural Americans-- Meet Scott Comegys In Central New York
One of the ways I'm introduced to new candidates is from other candidates I know and trust. In the case of Scott Comegys, in rural...
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Howie Klein
Nov 6, 20218 min read
Are Rural Voters Elusive? Lately, Only For Democrats
At the tail end of the so-called "Roaring Twenties," just before the Republicans' Great Depression hit, the presidential election saw...
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Howie Klein
Oct 6, 20219 min read
Rich Democrats Abandoned The Working Class-- So Guess Who's Been Abandoning The Democrats
As the Democrats expanded the party tent to embrace more upper-middle class voters and Big Money special interests, party support and...
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Howie Klein
Aug 23, 20213 min read
Erica Smith Pledge: For Every Dollar Donated, We’ll Knock On A Door In A County Trump Won In 2020
1$=1 Door -by Erica Smith I’m writing to my Down With Tyranny and Blue America friends today to tell you about an exciting new initiative...
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Howie Klein
Aug 23, 20216 min read
Democrats Can Win The Midterms-- But The DCCC Can't
Every time I've done anything Google related this week, I've gotten a Gavin Newsom ad. They're annoying and they're constant-- so...
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Howie Klein
Jun 9, 20215 min read
Voters Don't Know What The Hell The Way Too Big Democratic Tent Even Stands For Anymore
You may recall how bent out of shape I was by a recent YouGov survey of rural voters in Arizona, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, North Carolina,...
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Howie Klein
Jun 6, 20214 min read
Can A Progressive Win A Rural Toss-Up Congressional District?
California’s 21st congressional district is politically unique. David Valadao, a Republican who voted to impeach Trump yet voted with him...
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Howie Klein
Jun 1, 20218 min read
Wake Up Democrats... Before It's Too Late
This CBS News report on Brian Sicknick's mother and partner, Sandra Garza reacting to cold Republican indifference to Brian's death, is...
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Howie Klein
Jun 1, 20216 min read
Progressives Run To Win In Rural Areas Too
Washington's second congressional district consists of 5 counties. By land use, they're pretty rural, although Snohomish and Whatcorn are...
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Howie Klein
May 29, 20215 min read
Can Democrats Do Better Among Rural Voters? Take Florida
There are 30 counties in Florida with significant rural areas. Jefferson, Liberty and Lafayette counties, in fact, are completely rural--...
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Howie Klein
May 20, 20215 min read
Rural Voters: The DCCC Needs REAL New Leadership--Not Just Musical Chairs... And IMMEDIATELY
This morning began with both Sabato's Crystal Ball and Politico (ok, ok... just National Review editor Rich Lowry at Politico),...
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Howie Klein
May 2, 20215 min read
Are Rural Voters As Dumb As Cowshit? Let's Look At Utah And Texas (Yesterday)
When Mitt Romney walked out onto the stage at the Utah Republican convention yesterday, the boos were loud and sustained. Hearing the...
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