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How Democrats are making a mistake in rural America – by not showing up

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John Sutter : Democrats have been losing rural voters across the U.S. since the 1960s , but the party has hemorrhaged these voters since 2000 .

Sutter says Democrats have stopped grassroots organizing and party-building in rural America .

He says the Democratic National Committee ignored local organizers and sent national campaign staffers from Michigan and Ohio to canvass rural Mississippi .

After he knocked on the screened door several times, the 85-year-old Miss Maggie finally came out.

When Pinkins told her that he was running for the U.S. Senate , she smiled and laughed.

Soon, the two shared steaming plates of fried chicken, brown gravy and sweet potatoes.

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