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<title><![CDATA[Erica Etelson - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/50063.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Erica Etelson]]></description><category domain="50063">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[This Is the Winning Message for Democrats]]></title>
							<link>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/aug/27/democrats-survey-populism-economy</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erica Etelson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The top-performing messages we tested have a simple formula. They focus on Americans'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' day-to-day struggles to pay for rent and groceries, and the widespread frustration with prices that rise faster than working-class wages.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Memo to California's Next Governor: Rural Places Matter]]></title>
							<link>https://archive.is/8um5E</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erica Etelson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Rural communities are crucial to the state'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';'and the country. Why do they get so little attention?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Democrats Dismiss Vance at Their Peril]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/vance-weird-rural-populist/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 06 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erica Etelson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Calling the Ohio senator '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('œ').';'weird'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('�').';' may feel satisfying. Pundits have dismissed him as a drag on the ticket. But the smarter play would still be to steal his thunder.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[No, Rural Voters Aren't a Threat to America]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/no-elites-rural-voters-arent-a-threat</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erica Etelson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[But increasing polarization between rural and urban America is a worrisome trend.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rural Voters Are Not Out of Reach for Democrats]]></title>
							<link>https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/rural-voters-democrats-biden/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Erica Etelson</author>
							<description><![CDATA['&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¦').';' is dismissing them as out of reach for Democrats.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Kitchen Table Populism Is Up for Grabs]]></title>
							<link>https://www.liberalpatriot.com/p/kitchen-table-populism-is-up-for</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jan 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Erica Etelson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A white paper released by a conservative think tank last August barely registered on the liberal Richter scale. It ought to have sent shock waves, as it holds the key to Democrats'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' prospects for winning crucial congressional races in 2024.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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