The Key To Political Change: Educating Rural/Working Class Communities In Critical Thinking

"In this episode of the Outrage Overload Podcast, we challenge one of the most dominant narratives of our time: that polarization is the root cause of America’s divisions. But what if it’s not? What if our focus on polarization is actually obscuring deeper, more urgent problems—problems that are solvable?

"Join me as I sit down with Rich Harwood, founder of the Harwood Institute, to explore groundbreaking insights from the Institute’s 2022 report, Civic Virus: Why Polarization Is a Misdiagnosis. Rich shares stories and strategies from his decades of work with communities across the country, offering a fresh perspective on how we can rebuild trust, foster collaboration, and create real change."

Click on the link below for the details:

Fighting Polarization with Local Solutions That Work

The Value Of Reaching Out To The Other Side

In 2020, 31% of voters identified as Democrats, 25% identified as Republicans, and 41% identified as Independents. If you split the Independents down the middle, with 50% voting for either, the Democrats would always win. But that is not what happens. There are more conservatives than progressives in the Independents, thus, the voting is much closer than what would be reflected in a 50 - 50 split. Most rural voters live by progressive economic principles but tend to vote Republican. Why? Could Democrats aren't talking to the rural folks enough and making some wrong assumptions?

Click on this link for a 6-minute video to better understand that the Democrats need to do some serious leg work within the rural communities of the USA to convince that voting segment that the Democratic Party offers more to them. Seems to me that critical thinking skills need to permeate into opinions formed through indoctrination.

Democrats Have To Expand Their Focus

"Today we take a look at the reasons why Democrats lost rural America and why it's important to make gains outside urban centers through working-class coalitions and a focus on the policy failures of unchecked Republicanism."

It's no secret that over the last few decades the Democrats have been viewed as coastal elites by rural communities. This has to stop if they expect to return as the party of the people. Click on the link below for a podcast episode presenting a very important wake-up call and solutions:

No One Supports the Economic Interests of Rural Americans