Democrats must win back the trust of
rural Georgia if they want to win elections in 2020 and beyond.
That
means, first and foremost, campaigning outside of reliably liberal
city areas like Albany, Decatur, Athens, Macon, Forest Park, Atlanta just to name a few and acknowledging the cultural and economic concerns of the
voters living in the rural parts of the state.
They need to be in small towns, like Cordele, Douglas, Barnesville, Sandersville, Jackson, Colquitt, creating those conversations in the
coffee shop, pushing back on those folks who are anti-democrat, anti-government.
Where such voters once associated the Democratic Party
with aid to the little guy and the middle class, many now see it as the
party of cultural warriors, protesters, big spenders. They see the party as prioritizing the needs
of immigrants, refugees and minorities ahead of middle-income working
people. This doesn’t mean becoming a
Republican-lite in trying to appeal to these voters. It’s not about that. It’s about having
a conversation with those voters to make them understand that democrats don’t
think they’re idiots.
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