General Discussion

I too am a democrat living in rural America, where we are widely outnumbered at the polls by the magats.

You perfectly summarized the struggles we have to endure. Although, I am more fortunate and not struggling financially and having to make these tough decisions about whether to go hungry or which bill to pay, I see it everyday.

Something which frustrates me a lot is how this reality is not really understood even by our fellow democrats living in big cities. We are often chastised as a whole ( ignorant rednecks, you voted for it, etc..) even thought we can't do anything about it.

Because of where we live, we have to learn to cohabit and interact with maga types and then get criticized for not being progressive enough by our side.

Most of the democrats who do get elected, like the guys you were talking about are left of center, not progressive because they would never win.

I know this irks some of our democratic brethren living in blue states but that is absolutely needed if we want to save our democracy.