Also, using the *literal* geographic center of the country as the metaphor supports those stupid election maps showing a sea of red with dots of blue, even though more people for Dems than Republicans. The big Dem cities are mostly on the coasts. Guess what’s in the “middle”?
Also, as both @abcontigo & @corpusnovus have noted, this leaves out Alaska and Hawaii, both of which happen to include a high population of non-white residents.

The actual geographic center of the U.S., when you include them, is near Belle Fourche, SD.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographi…
Lebanon, KS is located in Smith County, KS, population 3,600, which voted for Donald Trump by 67 points.

Belle Fourche, SD is located in Butte County, SD, population 10,100, which voted for Donald Trump by 58 points.

Either way, according to Jeep, that's where "the middle" is.
Turn it around: Let's say that Los Angeles happened to be located in the middle of Kansas, and the ad portrayed a bustling, densely-populated, multicultural city of 3.7 million people as "The Middle", including the accompanying iconography. How would the GOP feel about that?
AS IT HAPPENS, @FiveThirtyEight did a whole piece on this in 2016.

"By this measure, the metropolitan area that looks most like the U.S. is New Haven, Connecticut, followed by Tampa, Florida, and Hartford, Connecticut."

fivethirtyeight.com/features/norma…

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