dcpDarkMatter

As an American, I’d say yes to all three. Additionally, even for those urban areas, most of the population is in the suburbs, not the city proper. That just makes the car-centric cities that much more of a hassle to get to.

And I wouldn’t say the protests were small in all locations. Here in MN, there was a massive gathering at the state capitol - https://youtu.be/Osmn-HPFwG0

And even some of the smaller cities had protests:

It’s not just major cities. Hundreds appear to have shown up to protest in cities like St. Augustine, Florida, which the US Census Bureau estimates has less than 16,000 people, and Riverhead, New York, where only about 36,000 people live. Cars honked in apparent support of a protest in Manhattan, Kansas (under 54,000 residents)

Dude’s done great work here in MN. Most all of the upper-level state positions are all DFLers, thanks in part to him.

The House is pretty evenly split currently - only about three or so seats more for the Rs than the Ds. Senate’s more an issue, but there’s only so much we can do about that now.

None of the left-leaning pollsters I heard ever thought that these seats would flip. They were more interested in the margins.

And 30% to 15% is quite significant.

The district that elected Gaetz was never going to flip. Republicans won it by around 30 points in 2024.

The margin of victory tonight was only 15%.

It’s always darkest before the light goes completely out.