Rural areas moving to the left of urban areas?

There's no law that says urban areas have to be to the political left of rural areas. In fact, the United States since 2000 has been the exception, not the rule. But now, some election results show that rural counties may be trending leftward, while large metropolitan areas are stagnating by moving to the right.

This is now true to an extent in Kentucky. As the dreadful and extreme Amendment 2 was defeated, the county breakdown shows that it won Boone County while losing Carroll County. It won Daviess and McCracken counties but lost Henry and Nicholas counties.

This indicates that fighting against COVID bio-juche isn't the only issue where rural areas have improved over the cities. Urban areas are becoming more authoritarian on issues in general – while rural areas may be becoming less so, even on issues such as abortion rights.

The voting patterns seen in this cycle for referendums and nonpartisan elections doesn't seem to bear any correlation with partisan results. America's party system is undergoing a realignment as significant as what took place during the Civil War and the New Deal.

America may be approaching an era in which rural areas are actually more liberal than urban areas. It's like it's 1990 again. Yes, you too can live in Eminence or Glendive!