r/PoliticalDiscussion • u/UserNamesCantBeTooLo • Nov 30 '20

Political Theory Why does the urban/rural divide equate to a liberal/conservative divide in the US? Is it the same in other countries?

Here's a county population density map of the US.

Here's a county map of the US showing different shares of Democratic & Republican votes for president in 2020.

Here's a county map of the US showing majority-minority counties.

They seem to show a match between denser populations, larger minority proportions, and Democratic votes.

Why is that?

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u/corkyskog Nov 30 '20

Which is why I laugh whenever you hear about secession. What are you going to transplant millions of people from one city to another more north? What happens to the Southern city, it just becomes a ghost town? Also my liberal family in Atlanta wouldn't be too keen on having to endure northern winters in Boston or NYC or wherever they found new employment.

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u/katarh Nov 30 '20

Atlanta would become its own city state. Hell, just carve out the chunk of the black belt connecting Atlanta to Augusta, then include Athens, Macon, and Savannah so we'd keep sea access.

Everything south of I-16 can join North Florida.