Jesse Kelly and Ken LaCorte on the Red/Blue Divide, “When you Look at Kind of What’s Really Going on, It’s Really Blue Cities and Red Rural” – (VIDEO) Political commentators Jesse Kelly and Ken LaCorte discuss the discrepancy between the visual red of US electoral maps and the perceived 50/50 political divide. LaCorte explains that maps depict land, not population centers, leading to the perception of a red country despite a close political balance. The true divide, he argues, is between densely populated blue cities with a collectivist, government-reliant mindset and sparsely populated red rural areas with an individualistic, anti-interventionist outlook.

• Electoral maps of the US appear predominantly red, showing vast rural areas.
• Despite the red appearance, the US often feels politically divided 50/50.
• This discrepancy arises because electoral maps represent land mass, not population density.
• The actual political division is between blue cities and red rural areas, present in every state.
• Cities tend to have a collectivist attitude, looking to the government for solutions.
• Rural areas often exhibit an individualistic mindset, wary of government intervention.