Galt's Gulch

Revenge of the rural voter

Posted by $ nickursis 8 years, 11 months ago to Government
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This seems like a good analysis of what happened, or at least partially.
SOURCE URL: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/hillary-clinton-rural-voters-trump-231266

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  • Posted by GaryL 8 years, 11 months ago
    If you look at the bluest blues on the election results map you will note they are all in the highly populated areas of this country.
    That tells me if you chose to live like sardines all schooling together in very limited spaces then you are sure to follow the crowd. Those of us who chose to live on the outskirts in rural America are not as easily swayed at following anyone. That is why we pay the price to live away from the crowds. We don't need subways, buses or taxis but we do need our cars and trucks and some space.
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  • Posted by wiggys 8 years, 11 months ago
    I do not think that ONLY the rural voters voted fort Trump, I think the money people voted for Trump regardless of what was said before the actual election. My evidence for the statement is the fact that the stock market is on an almost upward trajectory. So big city people voted for Trump and the vote count is I believe highly inaccurate. The media is giving h vote she never got.
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  • Posted by Herb7734 8 years, 11 months ago
    The perfectly proper perpetual pundits proved that they knew less about what was going on around the country then Joe Lunchbucket. They were as blind as moles in a tunnel one after another in line and all they could do was smell molasses. During the silly debate competition among the Republican, those of us with hands on the pulses of real people could feel the tide rising. We didn't know quite what it was, but it was the beginning of a movement of men and women, forgotten no more.
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  • Posted by Owlsrayne 8 years, 11 months ago
    I'm hoping that was the case here in Arizona. Despite living in a City of 10k we're considered a rural area. A good portion of the residents are retired and from different states a percentage are California refugees which causes a dysfunction in the demographics. But at least the state went republican except where there were only demo's running for office.
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  • Posted by $ Radio_Randy 8 years, 11 months ago
    And to think...Trump won, even with a percentage of the vote going to Gary Johnson.
    If it was closer, I would have been concerned, but it doesn't look like The Donald needed any help.
    Signed - A Rural Voter
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    • Posted by $ nickursis 8 years, 11 months ago
      Yep, but the point was he did not ignore pretty much anyone, while the Beast stuck with her special interests (blacks, gays, snowflakes, women, etc) and counted on each fractured group to carry her. Some of them opted to not play.
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  • Posted by DrZarkov99 8 years, 11 months ago
    Both Clintons forgot a golden rule of campaigning: trash your opponent all you want, but never, never, ever trash the voter. Calling a significant segment of the voting population deplorables, irredemables, stupid rednecks, racists, sexists, homophobes, and even traitors definitely wasn't a winning strategy.
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  • Posted by Abaco 8 years, 11 months ago
    Just this morning I thought back on that audio clip I heard of Hillary yelling, "And, we are going to raise taxes on the middle-class!!!"

    Even now that seems like such a surreal statement...
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    • Posted by $ nickursis 8 years, 11 months ago
      We posted that here, and the consensus was it was either manipulated, or a bad recording, as the rest of it was a tirade on how she was going to screw the rich, and that "we are not going to raise taxes on the middle class". There was a lot of electronic warfare in the war.
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