An extra large irony here is that "left-leaning cities in right-leaning states" is much more common than the reverse, so what we often see in practice is rural state dwellers telling city dwellers in those states what to do. Look at the mask stuff for Atlanta vs Georgia from today, for instance.

That's without skewing the strength of the vote, even!

So, no, I'm far from convinced that we have to protect the poor rural folks from their fellow citizens.