Overheard a Republican in my local Subway today

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36. That's such a disingenuous stat, tho.

Of course Trump is going to get more votes in counties where more people live. It's just math.

But Trump won only 30% of the vote in Wayne County. His lack of traction in urban/suburban counties is a big reason he lost Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin in 2020.

Trump only got as many of those votes because that's where the people live. But they're a very small minority in a lot of these areas.

Whereas in the smaller rural counties, like the county the OP lives in, Trump gets close to 80% of the overall vote. Small in numbers but those margins are the only reason he and the Republicans are ever competitive in statewide races in these states. Because you're not winning Michigan by pulling in only 30% of the vote in Wayne County unless there's some vote splitting (Trump did marginally better in Wayne in 2020 compared to 2016 - but so did Biden vs Hillary, which helped, as Biden won 68% of the vote to Hillary's 66% - while Trump only saw a one-point increase, which was a net decrease overall for him compared to 2016).