Red State Democrat: How to Turn Rural America Blue

Red state Democrat offers crash course on how to turn rural America blue

The popular, two-term Democratic governor of a deep-red state, Andy Beshear of Kentucky, sees an opening for Democrats to turn rural America blue.Beshear, 47, is considered a moderate, pro-choice Democrat, and won re-election in 2023. Last year he was ranked the second-most popular governor in the U.S. “Democrats won huge victories up and down the ballot this month,” Governor Beshear wrote in The Washington Post on Monday, “by relentlessly focus…

Red State Democrat: How to Turn Rural America Blue

The popular, two-term Democratic governor of a deep-red state, Andy Beshear of Kentucky, sees an opening for Democrats to turn rural America blue. Beshear, 47, is considered a moderate, pro-choice Democrat, and won re-election in 2023. Last year he was ranked the second-most popular governor in the U.S. “Democrats won huge victories up and down the ballot this month,” Governor Beshear wrote in The Washington Post on Monday, “by relentlessly focu…

Trump warned he's isolating rural America—and it's turning blue: 'American Dream is dead'

Donald Trump's tariffs may have alienated rural America so much they vote for Democrats at the midterms next year, the Governor of Kentucky has said. Andy Beshear, writing in The Washington Post, believes the "American Dream is dead" under the president's watch, with the GOP split on issues such as ...

Farmers Warn Rural America is Dying and Washington Isn’t Fixing the Real Problem

Scott Brown knows exactly what a bad year looks like, but this one is different. Standing in Arkansas fields he’s worked his whole life, he breaks down the math that keeps him awake at night. “Just say I was at all soybeans and a $150 an acre loss. You’re looking at $450,000 a loss. For just doing my job,” he says. “I’m paying an additional $450,000 instead of making anything. I’ve never seen a crisis like this. Without intervention, we’re talki…