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The problem is that the real divide still is urban vs rural, not state v state. I always lived in red states and am very leftist. There's always strong leftist communities in every red state, even in small cities. Every state is less than 10% off from true purple last I checked.
Yeah, the urban/rural divide is awful, so now the question, how does that get addressed?
Democrats need to offer financial incentives to help bring back jobs to rural areas. There needs to be something to counteract republicans using Christian out as a means to get votes. Until that happens you want see the left winning anything in rural areas. It sucks but the democrat platform tends to heavily favor cities.
Why can't we admit rual areas are a failure and get people closer to where they work and what they provide?
Farms have been living on government hand outs for decades. It's just unfair to act like rural areas arent ALREADY taking more than they give.
Rural America is a failed state.