Democrats finally decided to take rural America seriously – and won big | Anthony Flaccavento and Erica Etelson
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- The Guardian US reports: “Democrats won over rural voters from Maga in the midterms by focusing more on working people and less on culture warsLong before Jamie Ager entered politics, he was making a name for himself in a v…”
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