This phrase mentioned by Irene Lin, refers to the fact that Democrats candidates need to increase their popularity with white people in rural areas in order to win elections.
Although it is mentioned that in 2008 there were only four counties where Republican candidates could get more than 70% of the vote, today, Glenn Youngkin showed that he could get more than 70% in 45 states of V i r g i n i a, in some he even got more than 80%.
Because of this, the candidates for the next elections are paying more attention to rural areas, where they were previously not publicized due to the wide embrace of Donald Trump, but which is now necessary to win.
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