I may be finding a trend.
At some point, two party systems went missing in our country’s great cities, and no one seems to care.
Scant a city is without some complaints of at least a lackluster Republican Party, yet I am finding a dearth of even academics or journalists who know where – or even when [...]
Archive for the ‘Other cities’ Category
Atlanta: give me your Republican mayors
Posted in Other cities, tagged Topic on June 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Phoenix: an active urban Republican Party
Posted in Other cities, tagged Race, Topic on June 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A few hours ago, I got an email from Ed Montini, a political writer for the Arizona Republic, a regional newspaper based in Phoenix.
It comes as no surprise that a city of 1.5 million, better than 75 percent of whom are white, can sustain some form of a Republican Party.
Date: Tue 12 Jun 17:02:51 EDT [...]
Benjamin Flanders: last Republican mayor of New Orleans
Posted in Other cities on May 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
It is important for me to understand Philadelphia doesn’t exist in a vacuum.
It is no secret that since the 1960s, when the Democratic Party became the benefactors of black voting loyalty, as many urban centers have seen white flight, large cities haven’t been particularly kind to Republicans.
So, while Philadelphia hasn’t seen a Republican mayor since [...]
