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Immigrants go to cities because there are jobs, not because they are blue.

As an aside, when you think of selecting a vacation destination in a foreign country, do you prefer to go to rural areas where you risk negative attention based on where you were born?

Would you do the same when selecting somewhere to live?

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I think that's reversing the cause and effect a bit? I'm not saying immigrants go to cities for Democratic policies, but that cities tend to lean Democrat partially because they are full of diverse immigrants from different places and backgrounds. The Republicans over the last few decades took a measured approach to both focus on rural voters and also project a USA-first image that can at times be seen as anti-immigration. The Democrats took advantage of that to solidify their grasp on urban areas.

Oh I see what you're saying now. Took advantage sounds a little strong to me but I mostly agree. I don't think either party had a choice and were just maintaining their constituencies as they have been for 70+ years. It's not like all the republicans recently moved to rural areas from non-rural ones and ONLY THEN the politicians started pandering to their respective demos.

I think the knowledge of this strategy's existence grew, but the strategy itself has been the same for a long time.

Yeah, exactly. Well said.

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