Hillary Clinton is slipping in the polls, but she is the only presidential candidate who has issued a rural platform, Dee Davis and Isaac Boone Davis point out for the Daily Yonder: "With all the speeches, ads, meet-and-greets, publicity stunts
and general folderol, why is so little being said about rural issues? The Daily Yonder asked folks what they think the next president should
be talking about to get the rural vote." The responses dealt with agriculture, education, housing, health, forestry, culture, labor, transportation and investment, from a wide range of experts, activists and people in the front lines. Read it here. For a Yonder story about the National Rural Assembly later this week, go here.
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Sunday, September 06, 2015
Daily Yonder asks what the candidates should be saying to get rural votes, and gets many answers
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