So: What do we do about the fact that small-town and rural Americans are so out of touch

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206. I don't agree with this. I do get the impression that people in rural America feel they are

the "real" Americans, that they are the embodiment of American values, but I don't see that going the other way. When rural Americans do stupid things like elect Trump or, you know, be Kansas, I as an urban American don't understand it. But I don't see the "real" American thing as part of the thinking process. I don't ever consider rural people as not being real Americans, and neither does anyone I know.

Also, this whole narrative of "Democrats didn't communicate with people outside the cities" is bullshit. There were many rural voters for whom the economy was the most important issue, who voted for Hillary. They seem to have gotten the message. Democrats got to them just fine.

As an urban American, no one came up to me and said, "Here is what we are doing specifically for you and your problems." The Democrats presented a platform. It addressed the things that will make my life and the lives of everyone I know, rural and urban, better. The Republicans only proposed policies that will make all those lives worse.

I guess I don't require more from the Democrats in terms of communicating with me than that.

What more do rural Americans require from Democrats? It seems that what won them over was obvious lies and idiotic promises, and appeals to their baser natures.

So what exactly would the communication look like that rural voters wouldn't consider "dropping the ball?"