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Distribution Problem

So I've been trying for a while to get my mind around what the main problem is for the Democratic party going forward.  There are many problems, of course, including but not limited to a weak message, apparent inability to find the right candidates, and lack of authenticity in their efforts to fight the Republicans on the R's terms rather than on their own.  I have finally come to a point where I've been able to boil it down to something that is easily communicated.

The Dems have a distribution problem.

Having just released a CD I now realize just how important distribution is.  If the CDs aren't out there and available, if the message isn't spread, the interest will not be there to want to purchase them.  The Democrats have the opportunity to spread the word about their message through the media.  They have a product they want to sell, and they have buyers for the product.  The distribution problem is not one of product or of buyers.  The problem is in the distribution of the people buying their product.  Look at this map of the 2016 Electoral College.

That map is awfully red, and yet the presidential candidate of the Democratic party won the popular vote.  It's no wonder the Republicans control so many states.  Just look at that map again!  So RED!  It's amazing to me that the Democrats have been able to hold on to as many seats as they have.

This is from the article in the link above:
Overall Trump won approximately 2,600 counties to Clinton’s 500, or about 84% of the geographic United States. However, Clinton won 88 of of the 100 largest counties (including Washington D.C.). Without these 100 largest counties she would have lost by 11.5 million votes.

 Stunning!  Our country is divided.  That much is clear.  There are many on each side who are so opposed to anything connected to the other that they would never consider voting for someone from the other party.  The Democrats, however, MUST find a way to reconnect with blue-collar, rural America, or we will continue to have a country governed by the minority.  That has never ended well in the history of governance, and it won't end well in the USA should it continue for too long.  

 It is my hope, for the health of our country, that Dems will find a solution for their distribution problem sooner rather than later.  But the implementation of that could require a great deal of time, effort, and patience.

 They must begin now.

 They must be patient.

They must persist.

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