While suburbs outside the biggest cities increasingly vote Democratic, those outside smaller cities still tilt Republican. Unlike the suburbs, where new voters account for some of the Democrats gains, rural America has become more Republican largely thanks to voters switching parties. Most of my rural connections are with commercial farmers, and I sense economics is important to the Republicans among them. (https://docs.google.com/…) Democrats get a higher percentage of votes in coastal states than in heartland states and from the non-college-educated in cities and suburbs than in rural America. Maybe that's because there are states that have no significant cities or suburbs; the Dems can only win them by appealing to rural and smalltown voters.

Source: Washington Post March 11, 2023 00:09 UTC