Editorial: The New York Times

• Chris Gibbs, former Republican leader and current chairman of the Democratic Party in Shelby County, Ohio, provides a glimmer of hope to Democrats in otherwise heavily Republican areas.
• Gibbs proposes rebranding Democrats as the party of freedom, in contrast to Republicans' current need to align with Donald Trump.
• Gibbs, who voted for Trump in 2016, quickly became disillusioned because of his lack of statesmanship and the tariff war with China.
• Efforts are underway to revive the Democratic Party in rural areas, focusing on concepts of choice, freedom, and justice.
• Gibbs and others are trying to demonstrate that rural Democrats do not share the same values as those in big cities and are free to define themselves.
• Challenges faced by the Democratic Party in Shelby County include the prevalence of Fox News and rallying young people.

Conclusion: Gibbs believes in the possibility of reviving the Democratic Party in rural, predominantly Republican areas through American traditional values and the idea of freedom.

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