It seems like our political landscape is unusually skewed. We are pretty much a 50-50 split nationwide. It seems every election tips the balance in one direction and then the other. The political map of the country shows something different. Most of the country is red, meaning Republican. The Democratic strongholds are much tighter, packed in metropolitan areas. A political map in color would refer to blue areas as Democratic, red as Republican and purple as a state that can flip allegiance.
Looking at this more closely, the northeast, above Washington D.C., is overwhelmingly Democrat led. This is a densely populated area totaling nearly 130 million people. Moving west, Chicago is overwhelmingly Democrat, meaning all Illinois is the same way. Many states like Illinois are dominated by a single city. Minneapolis is the same way; so goes Minnesota. The west (some say left) coast is very Democratic. This is how the blue-state map is set up. It is isolated, city-led and limited in geography. It is also characterized by high taxes and red-ink budgets.