Sentences with phrase «rural white voters»

Once the party of fiscal conservatism and social moderation, it has become the party of old, under - educated, rural white voters.

Obama lost big with such rural white voters, but won more votes from woman, minorities and others groups clustered in or near cities.

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After attributing their presidential loss in 2000 in part to the assault weapons ban, Democrats shied away from gun control talk in order to avoid alienating rural voters, particularly blue collar white males.

Having a message that appeals to the Obama coalition and rural, white voters is not «incompatible,» said Representative Schiff, the top Democrat on the House intelligence committee.

Early primary polls showed that his supporters were more likely than voters overall to be poor, white, without higher education, and from rural counties or small towns.

This makes it even harder to compromise, as House Democrats have no knowledge of issues affecting rural white folk and Republicans have no knowledge of urban voters.

If Trump pursued the politics of resentment in courting white, working - class voters and their rural cousins, Democrats...

Several education leaders I talked to were struck by the wave of white working - class voters, including many rural and rust - belt Americans without college degrees, supporting Trump.