Much of the media has (rightly) focused on Democratic gains in the Phoenix and Atlanta suburbs and GOP gains in the Mahoning Valley, parts of Florida (and Miami-Dade).
However, you see nearly no coverage of the recent Democratic trends in Grand Rapids …
Neighboring Muskegon County, Michigan is trending toward the Republicans.
There is a lack of acknowledgment, and it is intentional, to not mention how some counties long-established as aligned to, say, Party A are trending toward Party B…and long-established as aligned to Party B trending toward Party A.
To get into this…that would also involve having to acknowledge realigning voting patterns in direct connection to each of the two major U.S. political parties. What some would prefer to do is only focus on racial demographics…and pretty much state that that explains it all.
The problem is Muskegon is about 1/4 the size of Kent and 60% of Ottawa (which is deep red but trending Dem).