Democracy Quote by Bob Beckel

When Donald Trump campaigned for president, he told the American people that he would be a different type of Republican, that he would take…

— Joseph Stiglitz

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

Hillary Clinton was in rural America during the Iowa caucuses, but I think the nature of a campaign makes it more difficult once you…

— Tom Vilsack

“By channeling donors’ money to largely overlooked state and local races, Republicans succeeded not only in advancing their political agenda but in wiping out…

— Jane Mayer

Kentuckians voted for Donald Trump because they wanted to drain the swamp and lower prescription drug prices. A lot of what has stood in…

— Amy McGrath

Among the things I know is that Trump voters were played for suckers.

— Richard Cohen

Economic populism was, pre-Trump, a Midwestern Democrat's bread and butter.

— Mary Katharine Ham

“Campaign contributions don’t buy votes. What they buy is access.”

— Al Franken

I think the Democrats have - we really have failed to be in rural America, in the sense of having our leaders spending time…

— Tom Vilsack

I joined presidential campaign in the summer, and I can tell you that all the contact by the Donald Trump campaign and associates was…

— Mike Pence

If Democrats are not showing up in those [rural] places even if you're not gonna win right away but if you're not in there…

— Barack Obama

“The people of Minnesota value a politician who believes what he says and says what he believes and votes that way.”

— Al Franken