Let's forget about trying to reach Trump voters in red areas/states. We should not waste our time.

Last night I was handing out ballots in a very red area of Virginia. In my county 74% voted for Gillespie and 25.1% voted for Northam. Not one person took my sample Democratic ballot. I shared my space with two nice guys from the local Republican party - one for the first hour, the other for the next hour and a half. Republican number one was a retired man who worked as a volunteer for the county sheriff's department and he also acted as security for his church where, yes, they are all packing. Republican number two was a farmer who farmed goats and also worked for a local beef company, sophisticated farmer who knows lots about the process and travels to other states frequently. We chatted and they were truly polite. Other people stopped and chatted with them, and also made comments to them that I heard.

Here is what I learned, mostly from the farmer:

1) They didn't mind healthcare so much, but when the Democrats "snuck Obamacare in the middle of the night" that was made them "never" want to vote for a Democrat (yeah, right - that was it).

2) One woman came and asked if we were polled when exiting (this was not at my polling place). "Someone's polling for CBS, ABC, NBC and CNN - the FAKE NEWS!"

3) When asked if he thought Trump had any dealings with Russia, the farmer strongly said, "Not at all - never." When asked if it is found that he did, he would have to reevaluate his opinion.

4) When asked if he liked it when Trump called Kim Jong-un "Rocketman," he "LOVED IT." Obama evidently told the whole world what we were going to do before we did it.

5) The news only reports the bad things and they are very unfair to Trump.

6) Republicans are for states' rights. In fact, the Civil War was about states' rights, NOT slavery. When I asked, "States' rights to do what, exactly?" I got crickets from all four people standing there, and then one said, "Well, it WAS about slavery, but it wasn't just slavery."

7) One man said he didn't want a Democratic ballot because he's "not for sanctuary cities."

Again, they were friendly and polite, except for one guy who made a joke that he "was going to help out the underdog by voting Democrat." You know how happy I was once I got home and found out that we had a Democratic sweep.

Friends, it is bizarro world. That's the only way I can describe hearing their views. So, don't worry about flipping Republicans, just continue to support Democrats in rural areas so we don't feel so isolated, work on getting out the vote, keep our noses clean, and continue to work to bring new people into our party.