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We tend to treat Trump's ~ 70 million votes as if they are mostly the MAGA morons we see attending those rallies. The MAGA morons are more like 10 million. There are lots of people who just know that Democrats are socialists who want to give your kids sex change operations etc. etc.

It is easy for Republicans to define us when Democrats don't define themselves. The Dem view is that each candidate has to be a free agent because "my district is different". That is bullshit. Every district has plenty of voters who want affordable health care. Every district has plenty of voters who want common sense gun laws. Every district has plenty of voters who want affordable education for their kids. Every district has plenty of voters who want clean air and water (not to mention what we are learning about the impact of microplastics). And so on. Certainly there are districts where one needs to be careful about how they frame the discussion about choice, but we can win that almost everywhere by framing it as keeping Big Government out of EVERYBODY's bedrooms, and making health care a decision made by the patient, their doctor, and their clergy if they so choose -- but not their Governor, state Representative, Mayor, Councilman, or random ICE agent in a mask.

Every district has plenty of voters who want billionaires to pay their fair share. Every district has plenty of voters who are concerned about the corrosive impact of the media, especially social media and the advent of AI and robotics. Every district has plenty of voters who are concerned about the cost of feeding their family and the lack of job security we have when the fascists have all the power.

In my view, all of these things are what should define every Democrat, whether they are in Chicago or Tupelo. The person running in Tupelo probably has to frame things different from what sells in Chicago, but the issues just aren't that much different.