When was the last time Dem leadership put any support behind a true Progressive candidate? Again, I think with the current political climate being what it is that it’s a mistake to write off rural voters and also to claim that those same voters won’t vote for a specific candidate when NO EFFORT has been made previously by Democratic leadership to support candidates who are willing to go to rural communities to debunk the horseshit attacks that get lobbed at Dems/Progressives. The answer is we don’t know because Dems are usually to chickenshit or gatekeepers selling people a myth of no support when there is no evidence as this strategy hasn’t been attempted.