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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 07:52 PM
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Poll question: Do you live amongst Dems or Repubs?
I'm talking about your specific town or neighborhood, not state.
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Lenape85 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 07:53 PM
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1. My family is the only democratic family in my portion of town
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Allenberg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 07:53 PM
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2. Overseas Military Base
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smbolisnch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 07:54 PM
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3. I've gotta get out of here.
This town gets worse every day. :scared:
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 07:54 PM
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4. I live in Kool-Aid land.
I get positively giddy if I hear of other Democrats. Two of my daughter's teachers are "out" Democrats, and two VPs at my husband's company.

I wish I had some friends who were Democrats.
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Biased Liberal Media Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 10:11 PM
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35. Same here. I was surprised to see people with Kerry/Edwards signs
on their lawns...gave me hope, since I live in rural hell.
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LibDemAlways Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 07:55 PM
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5. I live in a Southern California suburb
that's about evenly split. I couldn't stand to live in a repuke hellhole.
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Piperay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 08:02 PM
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12. So do I but
it is a "repub hellhole" along the coast. :-( I have one Democratic neighbor next door on one side but for blocks and blocks nothing but repukes. :puke:
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LibDemAlways Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 08:49 PM
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24. I have a Dem friend who moved from here
(LA/Ventura County border) to San Juan Capistrano. She's sure she's the only Dem for miles. She never talks politics with her rabid repuke neighbors - sure they'd vandalize her property if they knew.
Don't know how she can stand it.

What keeps my neighborhood balanced is that many of the people work in the entertainment business as technical types, so lots of union and progressive influence.
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Piperay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-21-05 06:07 AM
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39. So many people in my
neighborhood work for the defense industry, that's why they are repuke. :argh:
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Chico Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 07:56 PM
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6. During the elections...
A Bush sign on each side, and three Kerry sign thefts.
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Lone_Star_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 07:59 PM
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7. It's a 65/35 split here.
More Rebpugs as you go north of my area and less as you go south toward Austin. I'm hoping as Austin grows into us we'll import more sane people.
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Tweed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 07:59 PM
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8. Chicago, IL
Edited on Thu Jan-20-05 08:01 PM by Tweed
You go anywhere in Chicago and the only Republican who might represent you is one alderman (out of 50) who represents the Northwest area by O'Hare. Even his seat is very safe. The following Democrats represent me:

Mayor
State Rep
State Senator
Governor
Lt. Governor
Comptroller
Attorney General
Secretary of State
House of Representative
Federal Senator
Federal Senator
Countless other judges, clerks, and county positions

As a matter of fact that only Republicans that represent me are Judy Barr Topinka (State Treasurer) and the worse one of them all: President George W. Bush. Now if we could only get rid of Topinka and Bush I would be 100% Republican free. Man do I love this town!

On edit: Chicago hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1927. We don't put up with that kind of shit here.
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American Tragedy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-21-05 07:10 AM
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42. Perhaps a move to Chicago is in order!
That sounds wonderful.
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MisterP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 08:00 PM
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9. oh Jesus, I'm surrounded by mentally deficient fascists
who spout every lie Washinton Times and FAUX have to offer
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B Calm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 08:01 PM
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10. I live out in the country, all my neigbors go to the Living Water Church
where they speak in tounge and roll down the hill in front of the church on Sunday mornings...
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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 08:05 PM
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14. Is that Pentacostals? Do they actually roll down the hill?
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hickman1937 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 10:10 PM
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32. Did you ever take popcorn and a
video camera? Sounds better than most of the movies out right now.
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American Tragedy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-21-05 07:17 AM
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43. Jesus, I didn't think they really did that
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sakabatou Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 08:02 PM
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11. When you live in the city where HP was born
there aren't that many repubs to go around
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madison2000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 08:02 PM
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13. madison wi
Liberals everywhere!

:party: :hippie: :party:
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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 08:06 PM
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15. And home of "The Onion" and a great university, too!
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guitar man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 08:08 PM
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16. Occupied Oklahoma
...the fuckers are everywhere :(
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koneko Donating Member (628 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 08:09 PM
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17. Boston, Baby!
What more can I say? Seeing * stickers irks me, so I can't imagine what it's like for all of you living in one of the Red States. . .
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La Lioness Priyanka Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 08:09 PM
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18. nyc.
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 08:10 PM
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19. Mostly DEMS
Though a few of my neighbors are re-pukes.
My town, county and State (CT) are Blue though.
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Gyre Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 08:11 PM
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20. I live in a deeply-democratic place
and work at a deeply-republican place.
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peacebuzzard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 08:12 PM
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21. other. currently out of country.
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Freebird12004 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 08:14 PM
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22. the fools around here are Republicans
and far too many of em
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 08:35 PM
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23. A Dem oasis in the middle of a bunch of racist, homophobic, psalm-singing
idiots. Athens surrounded by Bumfuck, Georgia
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DemGirl7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 08:50 PM
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25. In my city....it's mostly democrats...
Even though the county in which I live went for Bush in both 2000 & 2004...The city went for Gore and Kerry and is mostly democratic even though we did have a Republican mayor for a few years, but now we have a Democratic mayor...
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 09:11 PM
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26. Tories here
It's far less of a deal than Democrat republican; but this is solid Conservative territory all three of my district councillors, my county councillor, the majority of the district council, the majority of the county council, my M.P., the largest proportion of the M.E.P.s from my region.

The Labour Party is absolutely nowhere here, the only opposition is from the Liberal Democrats and they've got no chance of anything in this village.
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5thGenDemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 09:20 PM
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27. My precinct (City of Saginaw) voted 78 percent for Kerry
The city overall around 65 percent, the county 55 or so and the state of Michigan went Dem 52-48.
John
Both of us in this household voted Dem, of course.
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housewolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 09:49 PM
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28. It's soooo red here....
The Dems didn't even run a candidate against the Republican Congressional candidate.

Eeeekkkk..... get me out of here!
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jackster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 10:01 PM
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29. a boston suburb
I LOVE MASSACHUSETTS
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huskerlaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 10:04 PM
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30. a 50/50ish oasis
in the middle of a *very* red sea. Boo. Although thankfully, at work the Dems outnumber the Repubs at least 2-1. That made today bearable. We voted to ban Charade coverage and watched Divorce Court at lunch instead.
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Taxloss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 10:05 PM
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31. I live in a heavily Conservative area.
A UK "red county", but we would call it a "blue consituency".

But it's not so bad. Mrs Taxloss has lived here all her life.
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donheld Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 10:10 PM
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33. I live and work
among democrats. I concider myself quite lucky.
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last_texas_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 10:11 PM
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34. Getting more and more Republican
Edited on Thu Jan-20-05 10:12 PM by last_texas_dem
I live in one of the more Democratic areas of Texas; more Democratic meaning my county voted 64-percent for Bush rather than 80-percent like most "small town", rural areas in Texas. We're a traditionally "southern Democrat" area (meaning fairly liberal on economic issues- pro-working people, if not always pro-social programs, and conservative on most social issues) but have become more and more Republican with Bush becoming Governor and President. People buy into the bullshit promoted by him and his campaign, like him and in turn vote more Republican for other races as well. The county next to mine, Jefferson, still hung in there and went for Kerry by a couple points this year (the only county in East Texas to do so); the Democrats still do alright there because of the large minority population.
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Downtown Hound Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 10:13 PM
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36. My town, Eureka, is strongly Dem
Edited on Thu Jan-20-05 10:17 PM by Downtown Hound
but with a very vocal and visible freeper minority. Overall though this is a liberal town and a liberal area.
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 10:15 PM
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37. Most liberal leg. district in one of the most liberal states in the countr
I live in one of the most gay-friendly, liberal precincts in the entire city of Minneapolis, MN-- itself an extremely liberal city. My state Senate district has been represented by two openly gay men since the 80s. IIRC Dennis Kucinich got over 30% of the vote in the caucuses in the city of Minneapolis last year. In fact, we had several precincts where he got over 50% of the vote.

This campaign season, I maybe saw two Dubya signs, and at least 70 K/E signs, at a minimum. And NO Nader/Camejo signs.
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Biased Liberal Media Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-20-05 10:17 PM
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38. Amazingly enough, my county went blue during the election
even though I'm surrounded by Freepjerks everywhere. Thank god for Bellingham (WA)...liberal mecca. Just wish I lived there and not in this rural shithole.
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Kenneth ken Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-21-05 06:14 AM
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40. other
I live amongst cats in a marginally red state, though most of my family are Dems
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-21-05 06:49 AM
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41. I live in a North Georgia suburb.
Just about 100% red.
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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-21-05 10:01 AM
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44. My county, Montgomery County in PA, went for Kerry
However, I don't live in one of the more liberal areas of the county. At least the Democrat was competitive against Gerlach.
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TXlib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-21-05 10:05 AM
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45. I live in suburban Houston TX. What do YOU think?!
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Magrittes Pipe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-21-05 10:09 AM
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46. Dems, now.
Finally! :bounce:
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Doctor_J Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-21-05 10:12 AM
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47. Tending GOP, but seem to be purging the Kool-Aid
I am in an upper-middle class Chicago burb, and our local politics is all GOP, but I saw an ENORMOUS shift in presidential yard signs this time. From 80-20 Bush-Gore to ~55-45 Kerry-Bush.

So I live amongst repubs, but the sane kind.
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drumwolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-21-05 10:12 AM
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48. I live in San Francisco
Even though it has a reputation as being practically Communist compared to the rest of the country, the Bay Area isn't as overwhelmingly blue as people think. Especially in the suburban areas in the outskirts of the Peninsula and the East Bay, we have a visible and outspoken freeper presence.
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kick-ass-bob Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-21-05 10:19 AM
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49. My neighborhood has significantly more dems
as well as dem activists - but we do have some freeper neighbors. Racist bastards.
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ken-in-seattle Donating Member (195 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-21-05 10:37 AM
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50. my precinct is blue...really blue.
My congresscritter Jim McDermott and my precinct voted 83% for Kerry with an 89% turnout. I should not take any credit for it but I will since I am the PCO :)

The problem here is that with so many Dems and assorted lefties around all the time, people are insulated from just how twisted the red areas are. It is time to wake up a realize that just showing up at the polls is not enough anymore. We have to get aggressive about registering voters and keeping the neighborhood aware of stuff the networks don't find "sexy" enough to cover.

I have lived in red states and grew up in NC (home of the worst of the christo-fascist) so I am well aware of the dangers we face. I am compelled to communicate this to my complacent neighbors.
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Jeff in Cincinnati Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-21-05 11:08 AM
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51. We're surrounded...
Edited on Fri Jan-21-05 11:08 AM by Jeff in Cincinnati
Despite its conservative reputation, the City of Cincinnati is overwhelmingly Democratic (only two Republicans on City Council), but the suburbs are overwhelmingly Republican. In the county wide elections in November, we won two races and lost the rest, but is was by very close margins.

The outlying counties are hugely Republican
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