“Rural Strategies for 2024” 1. Relate Rural Concerns to Democratic Programs Other Democratic strategists and progressive activists told me that how Democrats talk about their achievements also matters for rural voters. Melissa Morales, the founder and president of Somos Votantes, the Latino engagement group, told me that she and other rural Democratic advocates and strategists […]

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Until 2022, it seemed to many rural Democrats and progressive activists that the Democratic Party leadership was content to abandon these communities to Republican dominance. Especially after Trump’s rural dominance in 2020, the narrative that Democrats had given up competing beyond the suburbs had solidified among many  in the party. Rural Democratic politicians, like Bullock, who lost a Senate election >>CLICK TITLE FOR MORE

Last weekend, Democrats from across Wisconsin gathered in Green Bay for the 2023 WisDems State Convention to celebrate Democrats’ accomplishments for working Wisconsinites and to rally to reelect Senator Tammy Baldwin and President Joe Biden in 2024. News crews from across Wisconsin headed to Green Bay to cover the event—check out some of their coverage from WPR, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, >>CLICK TITLE FOR MORE

Democrats’ performance in rural counties last year comes with one big caveat: They still trail Republicans in rural voter share. No one I spoke to in Democratic circles thinks the party can suddenly win a majority of rural voters; Trump’s hold on many voters in these communities is strong. But the GOP’s hold on rural regions is showing a  few >>CLICK TITLE FOR MORE