Do comedians like Bill Maher hurt Democrats with rural/white voters?

[Person Man]

Probably. What will be interesting is to see how the Democratic Party changes as they more and more realize that those who benefit the most from policies so longer support them. I can see Social Security and Unionism no longer being something that you have to support as a Democrat 20 years from but see things like strengthening universal healthcare, education and public transportation taking its place. This "poor-rich" divide has been becoming a "rural-urban" divide since the 60s.

[Person Man]

Yes, it's the Democrat equivalent to the GOP's issues with Asians & Hispanics. If the GOP was winning elections, I'm sure the blue avatars would be lecturing the red ones about it.

What do you think was happening between 9/11 and the foreclosures? Republicans were saying that Democrats don't "get" the "average" American and that with "average" America aging, this country was going to trend more and more Republican.

Now, its the opposite. Fewer people are "average" and as a result, Republicans are losing.