Democratic mayoral control in big cities is new ‘blue wall’

One group was noticeably absent among the biggest players in Washington, D.C. this week for the U.S. Conference of Mayors: Republicans.

There are many ways to measure the much-discussed urban and rural divide in American politics, but one area with the steepest divide, at least on the urban side, is who runs the nation’s largest cities.

Take, for example, the nation’s 10 largest cities by population. They aren’t just mostly blue, there isn’t a hint of red to be seen among them. CONTINUED

Dante Chinni, NBC News


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