You can't have a majority party in Minnesota or throughout the country without [support from] the people in these [rural] districts. Given the position [the Democratic Party] has taken, it's very hard to see how you can do that. — Collin Peterson Copy Share Image
There's no question about it. If you look at the map, there's hardly any [Democrats representing rural districts]. There's me, [Rick] Nolan, [Tim] Walz, [Dave] Loebsack and Cheri Bustos. So that's five. And all the rest of them are in… — Collin Peterson Copy Share Image
There's no question that [Donald] Trump got elected because of rural America. And our party still is in denial. They don't get it. — Collin Peterson Copy Share Image
So [Republicans] packed all the Democrats into districts, very Democratic districts. What that's done is made our party urban, more liberal, and so those… — Collin Peterson Copy Share Image
I don't know how you change that. There's hardly anybody left like me in the Democratic Party in Congress. These districts have been so… — Collin Peterson Copy Share Image
[Rural people] have a different lifestyle, and they don't want to change it. They're happy with the way things are. It's causing the party… — Collin Peterson Copy Share Image
I fought NAFTA when it passed; it has been a big disaster for us, in my opinion. If we can renegotiate that, it would… — Collin Peterson Copy Share Image
The [Democratic] party's become an urban party, and they don't get rural America. They don't get agriculture. — Collin Peterson Copy Share Image
Republicans have spent a lot of money redistricting and everything, getting control of these governorships and statehouses. — Collin Peterson Copy Share Image
It was kind of interesting: [People] didn't really want to talk about it too much. And then after the election, it's kind of like… — Collin Peterson Copy Share Image
I always run ahead of the ticket [compared to Democratic presidential candidates]. But this time there were a lot of people that just voted… — Collin Peterson Copy Share Image
If everybody in our caucus had a 50/50 [Democrat/Republican] district, we'd have a lot different discussion. But if they have a 90 percent Democratic… — Collin Peterson Copy Share Image
![“You can't have a majority party in Minnesota or throughout the country without [support from] the people in these [rural] districts. Given the position [the Democratic Party] has taken, it's very hard to see how you can do that.” quote by Collin Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/2e0/collin-peterson-19338_can-do_you-can-t-have-a-majority-party-in-minne_888231.jpg)
![“There's no question about it. If you look at the map, there's hardly any [Democrats representing rural districts]. There's me, [Rick] Nolan, [Tim] Walz, [Dave] Loebsack and Cheri Bustos. So that's five. And all the rest of them are in urban cities. That's a problem.” quote by Collin Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f1c/collin-peterson-19338_cities_there-s-no-question-about-it-if-you-look_1204845.jpg)
![“There's no question that [Donald] Trump got elected because of rural America. And our party still is in denial. They don't get it.” quote by Collin Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f4a/collin-peterson-19338_america_there-s-no-question-that-donald-trump-go_34314.jpg)
![“So [Republicans] packed all the Democrats into districts, very Democratic districts. What that's done is made our party urban, more liberal, and so those people are doing what their constituents want. But that's not what my constituents want.” quote by Collin Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/b8b/collin-peterson-19338_constituents_so-republicans-packed-all-the-democrats_55271.jpg)
![“[Rural people] have a different lifestyle, and they don't want to change it. They're happy with the way things are. It's causing the party political problems.” quote by Collin Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a07/collin-peterson-19338_different_rural-people-have-a-different-lifestyle_161441.jpg)
![“The [Democratic] party's become an urban party, and they don't get rural America. They don't get agriculture.” quote by Collin Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/4ac/collin-peterson-19338_agriculture_the-democratic-party-s-become-an-urban-p_260510.jpg)
![“It was kind of interesting: [People] didn't really want to talk about it too much. And then after the election, it's kind of like they've been unleashed.” quote by Collin Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/c61/collin-peterson-19338_election_it-was-kind-of-interesting-people-didn-t_404033.jpg)
![“I always run ahead of the ticket [compared to Democratic presidential candidates]. But this time there were a lot of people that just voted party line, a lot more than usual.” quote by Collin Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/867/collin-peterson-19338_candidates_i-always-run-ahead-of-the-ticket-compare_677599.jpg)
![“If everybody in our caucus had a 50/50 [Democrat/Republican] district, we'd have a lot different discussion. But if they have a 90 percent Democratic district, they don't ever talk to a Republican, they don't have to and they don't want to.” quote by Collin Peterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e95/collin-peterson-19338_caucus_if-everybody-in-our-caucus-had-a-50-50-d_753269.jpg)