I did not say or even imply anything about sucking up to the heartland. 

The poster I was responding to clearly labeled all Trump voters "bigots". That mindset will lose votes for the dems, not gain them. You guys don't engage heartland voters, you sneer at them. To your peril. 

If you truly believe that the heartland is a drain on the Federal tax base, then you can grow your own corn, slaughter your own pigs, milk your own cows, etc. Besides, even if you were right (and you're not), you're not so subtly advocating an elitist monarchy.....to which I respond with "Go pound sand!" I have great confidence that my state is more self sufficient than yours....and I don't even know where you live,