There are no major cities run by the republicans. The closest we get is Jacksonville (which is a county with some urban area) and Mesa (a suburb of phoenix)… and does anyone really want to live in Jacksonville or Mesa?
Maybe occasionally a Republican will slip in as mayor of San Diego or Miami, but 90% of the time even those cities are run by democrats.
> and does anyone really want to live in Jacksonville or Mesa?
So those people count less because they vote for the wrong guy?
Some apparently believe that because "cities are run by _democrats_" 164 years in charge is not a problem in itself. 164 years of continious ruling over a city, but of course the other side is the currupt threat to democracy. The mental gymnastics involved are olympic.
My point was that neither Mesa nor Jacksonville are seen as great places to live, and you aren’t going to convince HN that they should vote like these cities do so that their own more appealing cities can be more like those less appealing cities.
There simply aren’t many examples of what America’s economically vibrant cities would be like if the other side was in charge, but maybe vibrancy is just not compatible with conservative ideology, and the stick to the suburbs, small towns, and rural areas because they are more…conservative (places elect leaders that mesh with their values).
Maybe occasionally a Republican will slip in as mayor of San Diego or Miami, but 90% of the time even those cities are run by democrats.