Democrats Win Rural Seats if They Listen to Marie Gluesenkamp Perez: Washington’s new congresswoman on working-class appeal & failure of party elite

[basquebromance]

Without party support, Gluesenkamp Perez built a different kind of Democratic campaign. She talked candidly about the decline of the timber industry and the loss of manufacturing jobs, while promoting right-to-repair legislation, which would give people the tools and legal authority to repair everything from cell phones to John Deere tractors to medical equipment. Right-to-repair is an especially important issue in rural areas, where repairing heavy machinery can be banned by manufacturers.

Gluesenkamp Perez’s opponent may have helped make this case for her. Kent promotes the conspiracy that the 2020 election was stolen, paid more than $10,000 in consulting fees to a member of the Proud Boys, and held a campaign phone call with the white supremacist Nick Fuentes. He also questioned the masculinity of men who enjoy professional sports, a new right-wing fixation that seems unlikely to catch on among everyday Americans.

Democrats Can Win Rural Seats if They Listen to Marie Gluesenkamp Perez

Washington’s new congresswoman talks working-class appeal and the failure of the party elite.

www.thenation.com

 

[whitehall]

Americans in mostly rural areas are generally smarter and more politically astute than socialist democrats think. The rant is more likely to lose a bunch of seats for the socialist/democrat regime.

 

[my2¢]

It is nice to hear of a candidate talking real issues and putting local interests in the forefront.

 

[lennypartiv]

Americans in mostly rural areas are generally smarter and more politically astute than socialist democrats think. The rant is more likely to lose a bunch of seats for the socialist/democrat regime.

Exactly. People in these small towns want protection, they expect the border wall to be built.

 

[kyzr]

"The Nation" telling democrats how to win rural seats?! (without proof of any kind)

I'll call that "fake news" since the GOP flipped several Hispanic districts in 2022, including Dade County FL..