{"id":36,"date":"2025-07-22T22:07:31","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T02:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbump.net\/o\/?p=36"},"modified":"2025-07-22T22:07:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T02:07:31","slug":"the-predictable-partisan-difference-in-views-of-american-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbump.net\/o\/the-predictable-partisan-difference-in-views-of-american-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"The predictable partisan difference in views of American cities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Earlier today, the Republican National Committee sent out a fundraising mail<\/a> with a pitch that only a GOP diehard could love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Have you ever been to the big city?” it began, suggesting that, if so, “maybe it was New York, Los Angeles, or Chicago.” But those cities are no longer “beacons of American exceptionalism,” as they were when “we were growing up.” (Ahem<\/a>.) Instead, “thanks to Democrat politicians, they’re now rat and feces infested gang headquarters for illegal immigrants.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This appeal triggered a number of responses, as you might expect. Some centered on a bit of whataboutism: Can you imagine the response if the Democratic Party sent out a fundraising pitch centered on how disgusting and repulsive small-town America was?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I, of course, was more curious about what we actually know about these cities. Is it the case that Republicans don’t visit large cities? Is it the case, too, that they think these places are vile and disgusting?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Polling from YouGov<\/a> answers the first question definitively. No, Republicans have been to large cities as often \u2014\u00a0maybe even more often! \u2014\u00a0than Democrats. They’re less likely to live there<\/em>, we can assume, but it’s not like they haven’t been.<\/p>\n\n\n\n