Democrats being just a big city party for some groups but not others has already failed.

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47. Notably, Dems did not make these people the kind of fools

who would imagine the government-is-evil people would do something about this. And many actually realized Rump was nothing more than a depraved old orange clown.

Nor did we make them ignore OUR existential message that the power of government is a huge tool we can and need to use to tackle these problems. That previous generations did it before and it can be done again.

Notably, many people who voted for Rump KNEW what we promised for their region. They heard our message--and rejected us. Some because they've swallowed the Kool-Aid that government is bad, but many others among them wanted it but just did not want it from Democrats.

The biggest factor in all this is that almost all conservatives are voting their side of the huge, cleverly crafted, mostly phony partisan divide that's threatening to destroy us. Period. And some, yes, are registered as Democrats. Doesn't matter. They know which sides their people and which side those other people are on.