The politics in my area are skewed by one high density area which leans way past the left into extremes. It is not a reflection of the rest of the region but has enough like-thinking population to drive their ideas far beyond.
The NW is more popular for diesel cars than when I lived in the SW and SE but the Great Lakes area also had many diesel cars running around when most were normally aspirated back in the 70’s. I started with a normally aspirated diesel in a mini truck early in the 80’s which I sold in the SW - It had a 700+ mile highway range on a 17 gallon tank.
