Government
Why Cities Are Less Powerful in U.S. National Politics
A new book shows the historical roots behind the concentration of left-leaning Democrats in large cities and metro areas.
It’s a basic fact of political life: Democrats carry big cities and big metro areas, while Republicans take smaller metros, outlying suburbs, exurbs, and rural areas.
In his new book, Why Cities Lose, Stanford University political scientist Jonathan Rodden argues that this fact of political geography puts the Democrats at a disadvantage.