Rural America seems to hate Democrats. If I were a party activist knowing what I know, which is maybe why I am not a party activist, I would want to do something about that. I would make it my job to understand rural people and their needs and why they feel that Republicans serve them better. Then, once I had some real understanding of their issues and the degree to which those issues are real, that is to say morally proper to have, I would tailor legislation that, after another process of deep study, might serve them without doing injustice to somebody else, if any such solutions could be found. In shout, I would put the priorities of those who stand in the way of progressive politics first on my list and build a legislative case which demonstrates a progressive attempt to include them. I would patiently attempt to create a reality that actually serves them as it attempts tpo serve everybody else and then tout with an aim to educate that the Democratic party is where you want to be if you are a Rural American. Sadly, I believe that Ocean side Americans are brain dead when it comes to understanding or much caring about anybody else. We can't live on coffee and marijuana.
You can go to war with those who beat rural war drums, or you can pull the rug out from under their feet.
Sadly, the left is brain defective and will never see this. The best they will come up with is rubes and hicks.