(03-11-2018 03:52 PM)olliebaba Wrote:  Why are you surprised? Where else are you gonna find Starbucks and Gay Parades. You sure won't find them in mainstream America.

I'm not, but i think the answer is more simple....

At its core, the democratic party believes in 'the strength of community' while the republican party believes in 'the strength of an individual/family'. Democrats seek large urban areas because that is where 'community' is most important, and smaller rural areas are where individuals/families are most important.

Please don't pick apart any definitions I've used here... not intended as a slight to anyone... merely that 'what your neighbor is doing' is more of a impact on you in apartment 4b than it is in Mail Stop 7 Route 43. The comfort, use and purpose of guns, collective bargaining, social services etc etc etc will vary widely in those two extremes.


FTR, my previous comment wasn't meant to imply that Republican ideals are gaining faster than democratic ones... merely that the opposite isn't demonstrably true either.