Here’s Exhibit A where the “Depolorables” comment lost Clinton’s presidential campaign. It’s also a path by which Democrats might claw their way back to respectability in the South.
Despite never having met him, Mr. Bledsoe said he felt a personal link and a sense of shared values with Mr. Trump.
“I don’t really look at him as a politician,” he said. “Even now, I look at him as just one of us. He doesn’t act like he’s above you, as a person.”
Source: He’s ‘One of Us’: The Undying Bond Between the Bible Belt and Trump – The New York Times