Interesting. It seems that the same underlying dynamic would quite possibly have been present at a lot of other times in American history too. But it would have

Interesting. It seems that the same underlying dynamic would quite possibly have been present at a lot of other times in American history too. But it would have run in the opposite direction: rural voters steamrolling the priorities of the urban voter, causing urban voters to lean a bit toward whatever political party opposed the rural voters (if there was such a party).