How Democrats Will Colonize Republican States

In American politics, especially in recent decades, there is a common understanding that the majority of counties tend to vote Republican, but those which do vote Democrat have a much higher population. Looking at any recent presidential election map broken down by county will show you this, and both sides stand by their own justifications for why their counties matter more.

Republicans will tell you that they occupy and thus represent the majority of the country, whereas Democrats, typically clustered in cities along the coasts, will argue that elections are determined by population, not by land-ownership, causing a great deal of tension on both sides, and the rise of contempt for the other.

Both sides are at an impasse, and increasingly appear to be caught in a rural-urban rivalry, with the suburbs a hotly contested tide-turner in major elections. But that will almost CERTAINLY end in only a matter of years, as several new social, political, economic, and demographic changes have already been set in motion, and are having a visible effect on the country’s political landscape.

The Democrats have a valid point in that Republican counties tend to be under-populated and under-developed; a consequence of this is that land in Republican states tends to be cheaper, as is the over-all cost of living when compared to a city. In the recent past certain social and economic factors have blocked urbanites from leaving their cities in large numbers, such as a perceived lack of job opportunity…