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No, it still works.
The county I grew up in voted 95% trump the last two elections... I know how they think, I had to grow up with them.
And you're seeing these communities trend away from Trump? Otherwise no matter how you interact with them individually, they're still a net drag on the rest of America.
They love progressive policies tho, that's how Obama won multiple red states in 08 out of nowhere.
They dont love neoliberals who act like Republicans without the hate.
That's what the DNC doesnt get. These voters like the hate, not Republican policy.
So Dems adopting Republican policy accomplishes nothing but depressing their own voters turnout and helping Republicans normalize their shitty policies.
What do you think needs to happen for them to stop being attracted to the hate?
I've seen a similar thing: rural people talking about all sorts of progressive ideas like UBI, student debt relief, and other policies for helping others (sometimes without even knowing that they're talking about progressive ideas) yet always go back to "immigrants this" or "elites that".
Dems can offer a better alternative by simply leading by example. Stop leaning ever rightward and chasing the republicans to the bottom of the barrel. Progressive policies will work to win over hate-addled republicans because these policies will immediately and materially improve those people’s lives. If it affects them personally, republican voters will finally “get it.” When the republicans then argue that these policies need to be taken away, the voter sentiment will turn sour quickly.
We'll never be able to out hate republican politicians, trying only alienates Dem voters.
But it's not impossible to reach them, when Manchin acts too much like a fool, Bernie and I think AOC too go down to WV and explain what Manchin is blocking, then Manchin's voters get him to switch.
Like, reaching them ain't an impossible task no one's figured out, the rub is without the hate, you have to be serious about helping them. Republican politicians lie about the help, but honest about the hate.
Dems need to be honest about the help and they'll win all types of red states. It's just neoliberals addicted to do or money aren't gonna be able to be honest about helping.
We all watched Obama do it in 08, but the DNC just isn't willing to help Americans if it hurts their donor money.
So we run candidates voters don't want and vote for them anyway, which just makes the DNC act up even more next cycle.
The current system isn't working, it's going to break soon. We can take it down in a controlled manner or wait for it to blow up and catch us off guard.