"Until either Congress declares January 6 an “insurrection” or a court determines Donald Trump guilty of the applicable crime, he shouldn’t be kept off the ballot if he otherwise qualifies.
The pseudo-intellectual take is that Democrats’ social spending will be better for rural populations. The subtext is that those voters are too ignorant realize what’s good for them.
"The 14th Amendment does not require a conviction. It simply says that if the facts show that a person engaged in or aided an insurrection, he may not hold public office."