WHY REPUBLICANS NEED THE CITIES

[WinOne4TheGipper]

Republicans took an all around shellacking in the 2012 elections. Part of the reason is that Democrats dominated the cities. President Obama won 69% of the big city vote, according to a New York Times exit poll analysis. Some of this is perhaps on account of the racial makeup of the cities, as blacks overwhelmingly vote Democratic. Yet it’s clear that, even among the upscale white urbanist crowd, Republican policies and candidates are finding few takers.

This bodes ill for the Republicans, but also for the future of cities. Most places suffer when under single-party rule, whether liberal or conservative. This has plagued big cities. Chicago, for example, doesn’t have a single Republican member of its city council. For a long time Republicans dominated large tracts of the suburbs.

http://www.newgeography.com/content/003402-why-republicans-need-cities

[Dori]

I don't get all this "the Republicans are doomed" garbage.  As far as the polls went, they were close, and if I remember there was a lot of confidence that Republicans would win this one.

Our biggest problem is the damned media.  Republicans are stupid letting the left define our candidates and for them to not get out in front of the message.

We currently have 39 Republican Governors.  It's not as bad as the media wants everyone to believe.

[thundley4]

When liberal policies start hurting the liberal elite more, then they will change.

It may take awhile , but conservatives need to stick it out and not move farther to the middle left than they have.