You guys don't get it: the rust belt working class want to be TOLD, not reasoned with

[NoGoodNamesLeft]

43. You're still wrong, though

There are a few of those, but that's not the majority. I come from a rural, blue collar area. I'm also a registered Independent swing voter. There are a few things that really hurt Democrats with blue collar and rural people, depending on a few things. Most rural blue collar people own guns. Hunting is a way of life. There's not a whole hell of a lot to do in rural areas. Many people collect guns or other things. They DEEPLY RESENT being told they can't have, do or say something. Some of this group are really religious and are deeply bothered by abortion and feeling like the left are trying to force them to accept GLBT rights and same sex marriage. They DEEPLY RESENT being told that they MUST change their beliefs.

The biggest, most universal thing...Rural blue collar folks DEEPLY RESENT what they deem to be a "nanny state." In other words...they take GREAT OFFENSE to the left's tendency to think they know better than everyone else and that their way is the right way and everyone else must conform. Guns, God, Abortions, Same Sex Marriage, etc...those are all just ways in which that resentment of feeling like things are being forced down their throats manifests itself. They feel like vegans being pressured and told that they HAVE to eat meat and LIKE it because protein is good for them.