Voters soundly rejected the Democratic Party this month, not just in swing states or red states. In the bluest of blue communities, in the nation’s largest and most liberal cities, voters moved noticeably to the right. President-elect Donald Trump did not, of course, win San Francisco, Chicago, or New York City, but he did better in those cities than any Republican candidate has done in decades.

Trump’s unique brand of politics is not the only reason why. Many Democratic writers have observed that voters in big blue cities are furious. They voted for the highest taxes in the nation, but the Democrats running their states and local governments proved incapable of delivering, or unwilling to deliver, the high-quality government services that were promised. Public transit systems are unsafe and unsanitary. Homeless people, who are often on drugs, and vagrants are everywhere. There aren’t enough police to respond to calls. Trash disfigures urban landscapes. Public schools are a mess.