Comparing unusually popular cars in red and blue districts

A Leaf is one of the cars I’m eyeballing for when my Insight eventually dies. It’s still running fine, but it’s on its third replacement hybrid battery pack, and Honda no longer makes replacements for the old Insights. An aftermarket replacement would be around $3-5k. So when this pack farts out, that’ll probably be it for the old girl.

What’s keeping me from an electric is that I don’t have a garage to park inside. Would an extension cord going into the street work, do you think?