Here’s something to reflect on. Of the U. S. cities with population of 400,000 or more, the fifty largest cities in the country, eleven have Republicans mayors. Some of those cities are in the South Atlantic census region (Virginia Beach, Miami, Jacksonville), some in the West South Central (Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Fort Worth), some in the Midwest (Omaha), some in the Mountain region (Colorado Springs, Mesa), and some in the West (Bakersfield, Fresno).
Every single one of those cities with Republican mayors has a white majority or even supermajority (60% or more). The converse is not true, i.e. not all cities with white majorities or even supermajorities have Republican mayors, e.g. Seattle and Portland both have white supermajorities and Democratic mayors.
Here in Chicago during the recent mayoral run-off even a lifelong Democrat was campaigned against as a crypto-Republican. It apparently worked.
The White majorities, out of pity for the caricature of Black Americans that they have been taught reflects reality, excuse extreme violence and even reward them with office without the slightest concern for the society they live in.
Then when reports of crime cause them concern, move further away from the people they claim to champion.
Maybe the suburbs shouldn’t be voting in big city elections, they don’t know anything at all.
They don’t. The suburbs have their own governments; only Chicago residents vote in Chicago elections.
I live near Colorado Springs. It’s this weird Republican area between the Denver metro and Pueblo, both Democratic bastions. It’s not really clear why. Many people from outside the area just assume it’s because Focus on the Family is here. But the county is almost 800k people, and there are actually not many religious nuts.
It might be partly because this has historically been a military town with NORAD, and a major Air Force and Army base.
I don’t think it has to do with ethnicity – Colorado has never had a high black population. El Paso County, where Colorado Springs is located, is ~70% white. Boulder County – with what we Coloradans affectionately call the “People’s Republic of Boulder” is very liberal and almost 80% white.
List of the 10 fastest growing cities. All have Democratic mayors. Link goes to site claiming to have found cities with fastest growing economies. Of the 15, only 2 of the largest cities have Republican mayors. (Smaller cities have more of a spread but with a lot of the mayors officially unaffiliated.)
Seattle.
Raleigh and Durham, North Carolina.
Dallas.
Denver.
Salt Lake City.
Charlotte, North Carolina.
New Orleans.
Orlando.
Steve