Out of 3,141 counties in America in 2016....3,084 basically voted in the majority for Donald Trump. The remaining counties? Highly urbanized areas (Detroit, Chicago, Atlanta, Miami, LA, SF, or Seattle)....went to Hillary Clinton.
So when this group of average working-class people identified with Trump....it sent a message, and should have been a big deal for the Democrats to re-brand their strategy.
What do you have now? Mostly riots and branding that the folks in the 3,084 counties won't agree with it. In fact, the same people are going into gun-shops and buying pistols or rifles....to ensure they don't have a problem with the riot-folks.
The red-county guy sees thugs and juvenile delinquents in adult clothing.
The red-county guy sees commerce being destroyed or looted.
The red-county guy sees statues being toppled.
The red-county guy sees cars set on fire.
The red-county guy sees police disrespected.
The red-county guy sees behavior that he just would not agree with.
The red-county guy sees political folks bending on some knee and effort to ask for forgiveness from the thugs and riot-folks.
Here's the problem....this re-branding doesn't sell. Asking the red-county guy to find something in gut to bring Joe Biden in....to resolve this? It won't work.
Adding to the fury.....that red-county guy can often be identified as black or Latino, and agrees with friends and neighbors that rioting and juvenile behavior is unacceptable.
As a strategy for the 2020 campaign? I think they really screwed up badly.
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