Backward Conservatives Mostly Live And Are Isolated Inland

Robert Reich thinks that the problem is that people who do not live on either seacoast tend to be backward:

America's regressives -- trying to stop abortions, prevent gay marriages, keep their guns, hold back immigration, militarize the border, limit voting rights, prevent the teaching of evolution, deny climate change, tear down the wall between church and state, and cut safety nets -- reflect the values and views of those who are cut off from the realities of the 21st century. Our problem is they have disproportionate political power, and are determined to hold onto it as long as they can.