> What amazes me is that the USA can swing from one side of the political spectrum to the other and the country holds together and happily repeats the process e

> What amazes me is that the USA can swing from one side of the political spectrum to the other and the country holds together and happily repeats the process every few years. This is actually an interesting observation/fact. My assumption is that the sort of political life which hits the media is a thing of the (US) cities while daily life in rural areas remains largely unaffected and is defined by long-term evolved social relationships. And in the US there are many more people living in rural areas than cities (although if agglomerations or "urban areas" are counted in, it's very concentrated) https://www.citylab.com/equity/2012/03/us-urban-population-what-does-urban-really-mean/1589/ https://www.citylab.com/equity/2012/03/us-urban-population-w... http://www.theusaonline.com/people/urbanization.htm http://www.theusaonline.com/people/urbanization.htm