[commentzorro]

Get outa here. These are red states in red districts. They've been controlled by right wing agenda for years now. If change is going to happen it's going to happen at the local and state level, not at the national level. If nothing's been done it because the republicans choose to do nothing.

[jstewartmobile]

It's that mentality that lost the election. A lot of these "red" districts used to be blue not that long ago, especially in the north and midwest.

The modern Democratic party caters so exclusively to urban elites that these people are mostly unrepresented, so they stay home on election day.

It's not so much that they voted for Trump (his numbers were worse than those of Romney and McCain even though the population is larger now), it's that they didn't vote for Clinton.