Barack Quote by Tom Vilsack

Our message in rural America is just as powerful as it is in urban America. But because we haven't been a physical presence there…

— Tom Perez

The [Democratic] party's become an urban party, and they don't get rural America. They don't get agriculture.

— Collin Peterson

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

Ironically, rural America has become viewed by a growing number of Americans as having a higher quality of life not because of what it…

— Don A Dillman

I think we have not done a good job of explaining to people in rural America what is actually happening, number one. And, number…

— Tom Vilsack

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

We [Democrats] have become a party of assembling all these different groups, the women's caucus and the black caucus and the Hispanic caucus and…

— Collin Peterson

People don't understand rural America. Sixteen percent of our population is rural, but 40 percent of our military is rural. I don't believe that's…

— Tom Vilsack

[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

You know, rural Americans are a special people. Their labor puts food on our table and fuel in our gas tanks. Their service in…

— Tom Vilsack

Most people just aren't clear-eyed about the rural South. We think that the urban centers are the problem, and the rural areas across the…

— Jesmyn Ward

Sixteen percent of our population is rural, but 40 percent of our military is rural. I don't believe that's because of a lack of…

— Tom Vilsack