This. I am from a rural area that is >90% white and almost all of that white evangelical. The local and state leadership *love* to use the national Dems as a foil to blame all of the outcomes of their failed governance on Democrats elsewhere, and that really means Black people. +
Noah Berlatskyso arguing that Ds fail in rural areas because they don't show up is largely confused. Ds fail in white rural areas because white voters find racism and white identity politics appealing and won't vote for a multi-racial democracy.