1.) How fucked up is it that these giant cities are sources of massive fraud and they can't be questioned because it is just racist and disfranchisement? What a load of crap.
2.) Sidney announcing that she was independent when she did makes complete sense. She did it after the Rudy press conference, thus forcing the media to hear of cause. I think we all know that if she came out before then, it would have been even further brushed under the rug.
As to #1 big city's are a bastion of true democracy and true democracy is simply mob rule. He who has the biggest mob holds the power. The mobs in these city's have become so powerful that entire states are now beholden to their megacitys corruption. All of Illinois is subject to the will of Chicago, all of new York state is subject to the will of ny city, all of Georgia now is silenced by Atlanta etc etc. The only thing that could save people in rural areas now from the eventual decay into surfdom is state/county electoral systems.