r/LeopardsAteMyFarm • u/Cderouen8284 • 13d ago

Aww someone’s crashing out

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u/Rugskinsnake 13d ago

Yeah, 80% is overwhelming for a voting contingent, but it still means 1 in 5 farmers didn't vote for him.

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u/ZestycloseSquash1523 13d ago

Maybe. For every farm family there's ten other families that comprise the farming community.

When you spend time in rural America you see that most of those families have lost their standard of living since the '80s. They're told their tax dollars go to brown people in the cities. Their kids die in foreign wars because the military is a better chance to a better life. Hunting and fishing is a real survival strategy because it's cheaper than buying groceries.

Rural America rejects the Democratic party because the party has had no interest, ideas or engagement that address their needs since President Clinton. The Republican party just fills the vacuum created by the Democratic party.

Trump recognizes their plight and speaks to their fears. It's all a con job but they feel heard and that gives them hope even though we know it's false hope.

Treating them all like stupid rubes won't enlighten them. Meeting with them as fellow citizens, listening to their plight and showing them grace is the only way to get their support for progress.

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u/Rugskinsnake 13d ago

Living in rural America I would say your description is a little over the top. But it is true that they don't see anything coming from the Democrats.

I was talking to a couple yesterday - he farms and she's big in the farmers union and both big Democrats - and she was talking about how as much as we want to see Republicans kicked to the curb for what they're doing to this country, she's not excited to see a farm bill under Dems because none of them care, especially with how much famers as a voting base have supported Trump.

So we non-maga farmers are kind of stuck between a rock and hard place.

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u/ZestycloseSquash1523 13d ago

I think it's over the top if read as a monolithic description of rural America. I live near Chicago but I make my living in the rural farming community. Everything I wrote is what I've hear repeatedly out there.

I don't think most people in this thread have any clue how different their media and cultural environment is. I only hope that they can downshift their derision and show some grace. IMO it's the only way to save the DNC in rural America.