”Republicans’ Big Rich-City Problem.”
“In red and blue states, Democrats are consolidating their hold on the most economically productive places. Metropolitan areas won by President Joe Biden in 2020 generated more of the total economic output than metros won by Donald Trump in 35 of the 50 states“
“Biden-won metros contributed the most to the GDP not only in all 25 states that he carried but also in 10 states won by Trump. In Texas the metros won by Biden there in 2020 account for nearly three-fourths of the state’s total economic output.”
“Biden’s dominance was pronounced in the highest-output metro areas. Biden won 43 of the 50 metros, regardless of what state they were in, that generated the absolute most economic output; remarkably, he won every metro area that ranked No. 1 through 24 on that list of the most-productive places.”
“The results in the 50 metros that contributed the most to the national GDP regardless of their state were even more decisive: Biden, as noted above, not only carried 43 of them—and won the two dozen largest—but carried more of the highest-performing metros in red states than Trump did.”
“The basic story seems to be that where you are seeing rapid economic growth, where the nation’s GDP is produced, you are seeing an ongoing shift toward the Democratic Party.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/a...-areas-brookings-institution-analysis/673942/
Which certainly explains the GOP’s need for voter suppression, gerrymandering, and negative campaigns.
With the current trends toward urbanization, it is only a matter of time till the GOP’s antagonism toward cities will be unsustainable and nonproductive for themselves
“In red and blue states, Democrats are consolidating their hold on the most economically productive places. Metropolitan areas won by President Joe Biden in 2020 generated more of the total economic output than metros won by Donald Trump in 35 of the 50 states“
“Biden-won metros contributed the most to the GDP not only in all 25 states that he carried but also in 10 states won by Trump. In Texas the metros won by Biden there in 2020 account for nearly three-fourths of the state’s total economic output.”
“Biden’s dominance was pronounced in the highest-output metro areas. Biden won 43 of the 50 metros, regardless of what state they were in, that generated the absolute most economic output; remarkably, he won every metro area that ranked No. 1 through 24 on that list of the most-productive places.”
“The results in the 50 metros that contributed the most to the national GDP regardless of their state were even more decisive: Biden, as noted above, not only carried 43 of them—and won the two dozen largest—but carried more of the highest-performing metros in red states than Trump did.”
“The basic story seems to be that where you are seeing rapid economic growth, where the nation’s GDP is produced, you are seeing an ongoing shift toward the Democratic Party.”
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/a...-areas-brookings-institution-analysis/673942/
Which certainly explains the GOP’s need for voter suppression, gerrymandering, and negative campaigns.
With the current trends toward urbanization, it is only a matter of time till the GOP’s antagonism toward cities will be unsustainable and nonproductive for themselves
