2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Which group of reliable democrats are YOU willing to lose to get White Men to vote Democratic? [View all]PatsFan87
(368 posts)Bill Clinton did that with welfare reform and we see how that turned out (mass incarceration anyone?) We don't need to triangulate and act like Republicans to appeal to southern and rust belt voters. We need to form an economic message for the people we have lost and lead with that message (particularly in ads). Let's develop ads pushing for broadband access to rural communities. Let's develop ads about relieving small businesses of regulations that are pushed by big business to squeeze them out (red tape is real and we need to admit that). Let's talk to farmers about standing up to the big agricultural lobby. Let's talk about the dangers of fracking. Let's talk about green energy relieving people of energy costs and tie that to job security for farmers (droughts were horrible this year). We CAN do it.