John,

Every once in a while, we like to go back to basics and remind you all – and ourselves – why we started No Dem Left Behind in the first place.

You see, we were sick and tired of watching the Democratic Party cede more and more ground to the Radical Right simply because some bean-counter with a spreadsheet said it was “more efficient” for Democrats to spend all of their campaign resources in big cities and pricey close-in suburbs because “that’s where Democrats live.”

Some of us are old enough to remember an America where hardworking rural and working-class folks were almost synonymous with the labor movement and yes, Democrats! A time when America’s Heartland was filled with strong Democratic leaders like Sam Rayburn, Lyndon B. Johnson, Tom Daschle, Harry Reid, Robert Byrd, Claire McCaskill, Dick Gephardt, Tom Harkin, Blanche Lincoln, and many more.

We here at No Dem Left Behind strongly believe it’s time for Democrats to return to our rural and working-class roots and let folks in “flyover country” know that they’re just as important to us as urban and suburban voters.

Look, we Democrats are supposed to be the party of the working people, and the fact is, nobody works harder than people trying to get by in today’s rural and working-class towns.

Whether it’s the farmer trying to keep her family’s little patch of land from being eaten up by corporate ag, the construction worker who drives two hours each way to the nearest boomtown for work each day because that’s where all the jobs are, the middle-aged dad working at Walmart because that’s all that was left in town after the factory closed, or the small business owner who worries herself to sleep at night about her shrinking customer base and her bottom line, these people wake up each day and take on challenges that could crush anybody.

These folks deserve for Democrats to have their backs … and they deserve for us to offer them a vision of hope and progress as an alternative to the relentless fear- and anger-based narrative of the Radical Right.

No Dem Left Behind has a plan to make that happen, but we can’t do it without your help.

Will you help us take back the rural and working-class vote by chipping in any amount today?

Your contribution will help us fund and empower rural organizers where they live to reach their family, friends and neighbors with messaging that offers a better path forward.

It will also help support strong Democratic candidates in rural and working-class districts so we can protect and expand our House and Senate majorities, overcome the filibuster, and begin making a difference in the lives of all Americans.

Please watch this short video we call “Winning Over America’s Heartland” to learn more about our plan to reach voters who feel like the Democratic Party has left them behind:

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If you can possibly afford to help us with this important work, we hope you’ll chip in today.

Thank you for your support.

--The No Dem Left Behind team