"They've never drove through IndianaYeah, that's right -- busted his ass for you and me. The people who live in lesser-cared-about states are the ones who break their backs to put food in your grocery store so you can have that family dinner every Sunday night. And it's not just farmers, there are thousands of other professions linked to that industry in which the workers are struggling to make ends meet.
Met the man who plowed that earth
Planted that seed, busted his ass for you and me
Or caught a harvest moon in Kansas
They'd understand why God made those Fly Over States."
Whoever wins the upcoming election, be it Romney, Obama, or even Trump, I want them to hear one message. Do NOT forget about the little guys busting their ass in the Fly Over States.
-Reg
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Are you talking about a fifty-state campaign strategy? It's pretty expensive to campaign in all fifty states and sometimes inefficient. For example, when was the last time Georgia voted democratically? So why would a Democratic candidate spend resources campaigning in Georgia when it's pretty much a lost cause?
It's not that there are lesser-cared-about states and superior ones. A majority of states consistently vote one way or the other. Swing states win elections. And people in the swing states also bust their ass for America.
Obama attempted a 50-state campaign strategy, but when McCain announced that Palin would be his running mate, he abandoned his efforts of campaigning in Alaska and North Dakota because Palin had a huge number of supporters there.
@Princess - Fifty state campaign? No way. I agree that would be absurdly expensive. Lord knows we don't need any more unnecessary spending. I understand that swing states win elections and candidates strategically focus their efforts on those states. What I'm saying is that during their campaigns, candidates need to remember the little guys. Make sure they have some goals in mind to help their job markets as well as those who live in the city.
Like what goals? Doesn't the government already subsidize farmers by $20 billion? For every dollar a farmer ears, 62 cents of that comes from the government. What other little guys are you talking about?
@Princess - Those are some mighty specific numbers you are using. You are aware that 63% of all statistics are fictional, right? Might want to show where you got those facts.
In any case, I'm not a politician and I don't claim to be. I just want to make sure that people aren't overlooked. I mean, with the midwest having a population of about 66 million (http://ow.ly/4Fap7), and an average of about 64% of those voting (http://ow.ly/4FapW), that's 42 million people who need to be heard. All I want is a candidate who listens to the people he is supposed to be representing. Is that not what you want?
Yeah Wikipedia is my friend too.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricultural_subsidy#United_States
And of course I want a candidate who listens to me, but you previously mentioned not overlooking the little people, and I want to know what you think they want.
Job stability? Good benefits? I feel like all presidential candidates generally know what people want.
And ultimately, isn't it up to the people to go out and VOTE and make sure that their candidate listens to what they want?
@Princess It's naive to think that rural areas are not overrepresented and if you want to win an election that you need to campaign there. And Obama effectively used a 'fifty-state' campaign in primaries to gain a lot of traction in a race that already appeared to be won by Hillary Clinton early on.
A fifty state campaign isn't reasonable, but winning in the midwest and other 'flyover' states is, honestly, an excellent strategy. You can already tell that this will be a focus of Obama's upcoming campaign as his new campaign video has a strong focus in 'Middle America.'
@HG Yeah I know he used that strategy. And he won those states against another Democratic candidate, not someone from another party.
I'm just saying that there are some states that, no matter how hard you campaign, they will almost always vote a specific way.
@Princess - Let me tell you a story. On a family trip west, I met some tomato farmers from Arkansas. They told me a story of how they would spent months raising their crop and then a couple weeks before harvest, a major hailstorm came through and wiped out almost all of their crop. They said almost $150k of their usual sale was gone. In a night. They said that year was one of the toughest they've ever experienced financially. My heart broke for them.
So, I think they want job stability. But then again, it's tough because you can't control the weather, that's just a job hazard.
I also think they want a candidate that knows that they are just as important as the STEM jobs, as Obama is emphasizing. I'm a engineer myself, so I agree that STEM jobs are the future. But, I think we can use the STEM people to come up with ways to help non-STEM workers at AFFORDABLE prices. And for God's sake, keep the jobs here in the US.
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