Keeping the big tent.

I would guess that the majority of Americans are worried about our possible slide toward more authoritarian; one party, one person government. Still, the Democratic Party alternative doesn't do well in the polls.

I hope Democrats can retake seats in Congress if, for nothing else, to preserve our system of checks and balances.

I still think deep cultural changes are needed before we can more effectively address problems; such as climate change and income inequality. The world as a whole, including USA, needs less population growth and less consumption. Things like over dependency on private automobiles are an example of our problems at the grass roots levels.

People in large urban areas, where space is more limited, are already living in somewhat of a different culture. A culture of more public transit and lower footprint housing, for instance. Urban areas tend to elect politicians that lean farther to the left, such as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from New York City. There is worry that this brand of politics will not play well for elections across most of America where life is less urban.

More moderate Democrats still due better in polls across most of America, though some folks might disagree with me. Bernie Sanders has done fairly well in nationwide polling, I guess.

One solution to this problem is to have more autonomy for cities. The politics and culture of dense urban areas is different than that of rural areas. We are a large and very diverse nation so one size fits all solutions can't work across the entire nation. Cities often do tax themselves more to provide things like transit while the need for that is less evident in rural areas.

Still, we do need to figure out how to address things like climate change and inequality in diverse ways suited for each region. Technology is still a big part of the answer, but cultural and lifestyle changes are needed as well. These changes will be different, and in some cases only incremental, based on the differing needs of various places. We live in very diverse environments ranging from New York City to rural Wyoming.