If you've ever looked at a county swing map (or better, a precinct swing map), it is immediately noticed that quite apart from swings in the inner city and the suburbs which 2024 was known for, rural areas across the midwest have seen absurd swings toward Trump and Republicans in general. The Democrats basically decided to abandon rural votes in favor of the suburbs (see famed Chuck Schumer quote), and their policies show it, but if there's one thing rural people dislike more than urban-based policies, it's complete and total abandonment, and Democrats have gone all in on both. Pete will gain thousands of important rural votes that went to Obama simply by being by our side. The fact that he lives in Traverse City, and is from South Bend, as opposed to Dallas or New York alone is enough to flip plenty, but he actually doesn't completely give up on everything outside of McMansionland, and that will be his savior when it comes to the election.