St. Louis, Missouri but was raised in St. Paul Minnesota
Petrozavodsk is the correct one I think
The Firebrands - Samuel Adams, Thomas Paine, Patrick Henry. He was an agitator & organizer who helped start a revolution. He was a farmer and lawyer and a solid citizen who helped lead a revolution. He lost families fortune because he did not care about business. But he was good at fighting for freedom.
It's very common to see this in different countries as well. A goverment that may have the highest amount of supportes losing because not enough ticket-splitting, due to logistic issues, corruption or other concerns, also, as the opposite goverment can have more power within the inside goverment and politics, people tend not to vote feeling their goverment has no chance in the elections.
When the same type of goverment has been leading for many years, it's very difficult to really have a change, so the people that really want it, may abstain from voting or migrate to a different country.