Trump Slithered Into The White House Because Of So-Called "Small Town Values"
The Republican Party is still viable because of so-called “small town values.” Yesterday, inspired by Paul Waldman’s look at Doug Burgum...
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Howie Klein
- Jun 20
- 7 min
Let Me Apologize In Advance If The Phrase "Efffing Hick" Offends You. Now You Apologize For Trump
What does Jay-Z know? Probably a lot more about America than Doug Burgum does, like Lou Reed, Sinatra, Jay McInterney, Stevie Wonder,...
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Howie Klein
- Jul 23, 2022
- 4 min
THE Democrats Can't Win The Open Missouri Senate Seat-- THIS Democrat Can
There 13 counties that either entirely or partially make up Missouri’s 18th state Senate district in the northeastern corner of the...
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Howie Klein
- Jul 12, 2022
- 4 min
There Is A Way To Talk To GOP Voters Without Selling Out Your Values-- Meet J.R. Gaillot (D-FL)
Sometimes a race happens, and you see the effects for years to come. That seems to be the case in Florida. Two years ago, Blue America...
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Howie Klein
- Jun 16, 2022
- 6 min
A Memo: If You Abandon Working Families, They Will Abandon You In November
Biden Thinks He Won Because Of Himself, Rather Than Because Trump Lost Alan Grayson launched his congressional campaign on Tuesday with a...
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Howie Klein
- Jun 11, 2022
- 4 min
Forget About GOP Politicians For A Moment-- What Is Wrong With The People Who Vote For Them?
Yesterday we looked at how the rate of premature deaths are higher in red counties than blue counties. This morning a trio of Wall Street...
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Howie Klein
- Apr 12, 2022
- 5 min
Mark Neumann... On What's Right With Small Town America
Last night Mark Newmann noted here that Biden's plan for rural America was a good start. "The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is...
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Howie Klein
- Apr 11, 2022
- 5 min
Can Democrats Win Back Rural Voters?
No one ever thought a Democrat would be a front-runner in a Missouri Senate election, but Lucas Kunce is nothing like the GOP-light...
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Eva Putzova
- Apr 6, 2022
- 3 min
Gerrymandering In Arizona-- How Safe Is Far Right Crackpot Wendy Rogers' Seat?
-by Eva Putzova, Founder Catch Fire Movement In many states the rules of the redistricting process that takes place every 10 years after...
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Howie Klein
- Mar 23, 2022
- 4 min
Progressives Don't Write-Off Any Groups Of People
Hank Linderman, as we saw a few weeks ago when we first met him, is the head of the Kentucky Democratic Party's rural caucus. He's...
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Howie Klein
- Feb 23, 2022
- 10 min
The Democratic Party Ignored Rural Voters-- Now Rural Voters Are Ignoring Democrats
Hank Linderman is the head of the Kentucky Democratic Party's rural caucus and he's running for Congress in a very rural-- and very red--...
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Howie Klein
- Feb 17, 2022
- 7 min
Democrats Who Have Nothing To Say To Rural Communities But "Broadband" Won't Win
That Trump-- And The GOP-- Are Beloved In Rural Districts Is The Ultimate Con The video above was released the morning by Austin...
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Howie Klein
- Feb 12, 2022
- 6 min
Can Democrats Win Back Rural America? Mark Neumann & Erica Smith Say Yes. So Does Bernie
Bernie beat Hillary by double digits in the Wisconsin presidential primary. I want to look at the 18 counties, most of which are rural,...
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Howie Klein
- Feb 1, 2022
- 6 min
Progressive Politics Make Sense For Rural Americans-- Meet Scott Comegys In Central New York
One of the ways I'm introduced to new candidates is from other candidates I know and trust. In the case of Scott Comegys, in rural...
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Howie Klein
- Nov 6, 2021
- 8 min
Are Rural Voters Elusive? Lately, Only For Democrats
At the tail end of the so-called "Roaring Twenties," just before the Republicans' Great Depression hit, the presidential election saw...
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Howie Klein
- Oct 6, 2021
- 9 min
Rich Democrats Abandoned The Working Class-- So Guess Who's Been Abandoning The Democrats
As the Democrats expanded the party tent to embrace more upper-middle class voters and Big Money special interests, party support and...
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Howie Klein
- Aug 23, 2021
- 3 min
Erica Smith Pledge: For Every Dollar Donated, We’ll Knock On A Door In A County Trump Won In 2020
1$=1 Door -by Erica Smith I’m writing to my Down With Tyranny and Blue America friends today to tell you about an exciting new initiative...
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Howie Klein
- Aug 23, 2021
- 6 min
Democrats Can Win The Midterms-- But The DCCC Can't
Every time I've done anything Google related this week, I've gotten a Gavin Newsom ad. They're annoying and they're constant-- so...
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Howie Klein
- Jun 9, 2021
- 5 min
Voters Don't Know What The Hell The Way Too Big Democratic Tent Even Stands For Anymore
You may recall how bent out of shape I was by a recent YouGov survey of rural voters in Arizona, Georgia, Iowa, Kansas, North Carolina,...
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Howie Klein
- Jun 6, 2021
- 4 min
Can A Progressive Win A Rural Toss-Up Congressional District?
California’s 21st congressional district is politically unique. David Valadao, a Republican who voted to impeach Trump yet voted with him...
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