Lately, I’ve been writing about the doom and gloom that is the Democratic Party. But that’s no way to end this challenging year. So, I thought I’d share some optimistic findings from my upcoming book, “The Billionaires Have Two Parties, We Need One of Our Own” (available by March, I hope).

I think we all can agree that rural America—the bedrock for MAGA—is a lost cause for the Democrats. Remember the red flashes on our TV screens as rural county after rural county overwhelming went for Trump in 2024? Nationally, there were 20 Congressional districts in which the Democrats didn’t even run a candidate in 2024, and overall, there were 132 districts that the Republicans won by 25 percent or more.

But while rural America may be a lost cause for the Democrats, it’s an area of opportunity for a new working-class political formation.

Why do I think a working-class candidate would do well in these overwhelmingly red districts? Because of what we found in our YouGov survey of 3,000 voters in four key industrial (and surprisingly rural) states.

Our data shows that voters in flaming red rural areas in Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin are willing to support a new working-class political organization dedicated to a very progressive economic platform.

We asked the following question:

Would you support a new organization, the Independent Workers Political Association, that would support working-class issues........

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