What will it take for Dems to not be seen as toxic in rural areas?

[DaleCooper]

They need to be visible in rural areas. The Democratic Party, much like Republicans did in urban areas, basically exiled themselves from rural America and continues to treat it like it's occupied France or something. Even Democrat-aligned media talks about rural America like it's an untamed savage land populated by an un-contacted tribe; that's what all those horrible NYT pieces and the diner interviews are. All of that needs to stop before Dems will be seen as anything other than toxic.

If Democrats want to get 20-30% in some of these counties instead of less than 10%, they need to start working on community outreach. Every county in the country needs to have some kind of Democratic Party outreach in it, and each county needs to have its own pet issue that it focuses on, preferably one that sounds relatively apolitical like rural hospitals or some feel-good relatable crap like that.