re: #127 Decatur Deb

I understand that. But aren’t there other issues that Democrats could use to court those small town people? My family is from a teeny little burg in SE Ohio. The place has been ravaged by factories packing up and leaving nothing to replace those jobs. The town is right off of what’s called the Heroin Highway (State Route 33). I don’t think abortion is on the top of anyone’s list there. If Democrats went into those areas and had solid plans on what to do about addiction, poverty and unemployment, they’d be able to win. Those places are hanging on by a thread and most of the hope and optimism is gone.

I know the South is a different culture in many ways (I’ve lived in GA for over 30 years now), but it wouldn’t kill our party to begin appealing to the shit that worries people in their day to day lives instead of dragging up culture war shit over and over. If the other side does it, then we fight back with “and how does that help the cost of college, or keeping food on the table, or fixing the broken water pipes?” I don’t get why this is so hard.