Half Of The United States Lives In These Counties

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33. urban vs rural

Montana governor Bullock, a Dem, was just interviewed on Aljazeera America. He is astute and independent because he has to be to survive in Montana, one of our most rural states. He is for gun rights and believes that although Montana has more guns than any other states, it has fewer gun crimes. He has signed a nullification bill as many "rural" states have. When asked about Colorado's recall election coming up next week (two state legislators who had the courage to vote for sensible gun control laws) he noted that Colorado is one of the least rural states. The map shows only 4 counties that have large populations but like the rest of the nation more than 80% of our population lives in them.

We know that the rural parts of our country are very conservative and that they continue to decline in numbers. In Colorado six rural counties have voted to secede from Colorado because they feel state legislators, mostly urban, do not listen to them. Do you think Dems can find ways to bring in these people without leaving our hard-fought for principles and laws behind?