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Democrats look to rural voters to grow their coalition

Democrats are looking for a path to winning more Congressional seats in the future. One way may be to court more rural voters.

Democrats who want rural voters to switch sides need to 'show up' and fight for rural communities

Democrats need to fight harder than Republicans onissues that impact rural Americans. (Rural Strategies photo)Building trust with rural Americans by fighting hard for the issues ru...

Winning rural voters: A new Democratic strategy

The Democratic Party cannot win in rural areas without clarifying — not changing — its position on the cultural issues that are so important in rural areas across the country. The...

He’s a Democrat in Trump country. He says his party became ‘too urban.’

In North Carolina, Jamie Ager is distancing himself from his national party to win a congressional seat.

Virginia State Senator Says He Understands Rural Voters Because He's Seen 'Dukes of Hazzard'

Virginia Democrats are completely reshaping the state — and they are facing substantial backlash as a result. The Democrats swept the state elections in November 2025 and have proc...

Dems to host listening tour in Bay

BAY — Several federal and state legislative candidates are scheduled to be in Bay later this month for a listening session with farmers and rural voters.

‘Our democracy is run by two private clubs’: can a pro-hunting Democrat lead a blue wave in Iowa?

As Trump’s approval ratings dip and gas prices rise, Democrats see an opening with Rob SandRob Sand, the best-known Democrat in Iowa, appears on podcasts to discuss his love of hun...

Democrat Says He Understands Rural America Because He Watched Classic Shows Like ‘Waltons,’ ‘Dukes Of Hazzard’

by Harold Hutchison at CDN - Democratic Virginia state Sen. Lamont Bagby claimed Thursday that watching “The Dukes of Hazzard,” “The Andy Griffith Show” and “The Waltons” as a chi...

In Bid To Flip Senate, Dems Push Deep Into Trump Territory

Democrats hold 6-point advantage in battleground districts: Poll

Voters in key battleground districts say they would back the average Democrat over the generic Republican as their representative in Congress, according to a new poll from Cook Pol...

Senate Democrats React to House Farm Bill

Senate Democrats are pushing for changes to the newly passed House farm bill, arguing it must better address the economic challenges facing farmers an...

Comedy Gold: Virginia Dem Explains His 'Understanding' of Rural Voters, Own Goals His Party Instead

‘How do we know you won’t be the next John Fetterman?’: bruised Democrats weigh how to win back voters

The party may reclaim the US House and even Senate, but primary candidates are far from united on how to move forwardAcross the country, in front yards and on main streets, at dair...

Survey: Rural voters, especially women, are 'deeply worried about the rising cost of living'

Graph by Sarah Melotte, The Daily Yonder, from Lake Research and the Center for Rural Strategies dataThe fight for rural votes during this year's midterm Senate elections could be...

Meet the 3 Democrats who want to unseat a powerful but vulnerable legislator

Sen. Howard Marklein has represented a southwest Wisconsin district for all 16 years Republicans have controlled the Legislature. The post Meet the 3 Democrats who want to unseat a...

These Are the Voters Who Can Keep Democrats From Going Off the Rails

Black and other minority Democrats are a strong force for moderation in a party that is having trouble reining itself in.

The ferocious battle in California’s heartland laying bare Democrats’ struggles

Democrats are determined to flip the 22nd district blue. But which vision for the future will prevail?When Jasmeet Bains first announced she was running for Congress, some Democrat...

Democrats Eye Deep-Red Turf as Trump Popularity Falls

A major Democratic group will start digging up dirt on 17 Republicans representing solidly conservative seats.

Democrats Tell Pollsters They’d Happily Ditch Black Districts To Get More Power

Unsurprisingly, Democrats are willing to eliminate black-majority congressional districts through redistricting in order to gain more political power, a new poll finds. Democrat po...

Dems Got More Anti-American as Union Members Shifted

Pennsylvania Democrat Sen. John Fetterman told Nick Gillespie of Reason Magazine that he is a "very pro-capitalist Democrat" and warned that the Democratic Party is becoming "incre...

Moderate Josh Turek Wins Democratic Nomination For Iowa Senate Race

National Democrats now think they have a solid chance to flip a state which has shot to the right in the Trump era.

Why Democrats Shouldn’t Write Off the South

Post-Callais, Republicans are racing to lock in their power over the region. Democrats have a moral and political obligation to fight back.

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Michigan Democrat Defends Deleted Post in Which She Suggested Rural America Could Learn from Coastal Elites

Mallory McMorrow said she continued to "stand by" a now-deleted X post where she agreed rural Americans have a "backwards" view of the country The post Michigan Democrat Defends De...