"Blue Metros, Red States is a fresh look at a debate over demographics that had largely stagnated over the course of the past decade. Pivoting from the traditional focus on the racial and age gaps in America, the book instead thoroughly investigates America's yawning urban-rural divide. An absolute must-read for anyone interested in the future of American politics."--Sean Trende, senior elections analyst, RealClearPolitics

"Impressively detailed analysis of the increasingly fraught blue-red divide within thirteen swing states, how we got here, and where we are headed as conservatives try to keep the lid on a political and cultural pressure cooker of changing demographics, rapidly urbanizing suburbs, and underrepresented metro areas."--Jill Lawrence, commentary editor and columnist, USA Today; author of The Art of the Political Deal: How Congress Beat the Odds and Broke Through Gridlock

"All our talk about blue states and red states ignores the fact that few (if any) states are homogeneous. By focusing on the rise of progressive metropolitan areas within conservative states, Blue Metros, Red States makes an enormous contribution to our understanding of American politics. An essential book that also offers a timely warning about how rules and structures we take for granted are undermining our democracy."--E. J. Dionne Jr., senior fellow, the Brookings Institution; author of Code Red: How Progressives and Moderates Can Unite to Save Our Country

"The battle for the political allegiance of the growing and thriving metropolitan areas of the Sunbelt will be one of the central stories of American politics in the 2020s. This comprehensive and insightful work offers the definitive field guide to the electoral battlefield that may tilt the competition between red and blue America for years to come. Anyone who wants to understand where U.S. politics is heading next should start here."--Ron Brownstein, senior editor at The Atlantic and a senior political analyst for CNN