Todd Dorman: Iowa Democrats could try offering rural voters a real choice
This free advice was met with some consternation. Hatch, in particular, criticized my take. I wasn't suggesting
So naturally
And this year,
And, of course, President
A Democrat hasn't won a top of the ticket race (governor or senator) in
Is residence the reason they lost? No. There are all sorts of factors that play into campaigns.
So I mention
Some targeted Democratic candidates have tried camouflage. They talk about rural issues in a way nearly indistinguishable from
More
The coronavirus pandemic, for example, has shown us the economic risks for rural America posed by allowing a few massive corporations to control the food supply chain. Packing plants with lousy working conditions and little oversight from red-state governors became COVID-19 hot spots, cutting off markets for farmers.
So maybe corporate consolidation and workers' rights are rural issues after all.
At the
Don't
Some rural county supervisors, including
There are countless other issues. But maybe issues don't matter. Maybe "socialist"
But while
It's something to think about while you're wandering.
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