Posted on 11/05/2019 7:35:38 PM PST by KeyLargo
INDIANAPOLIS — The Democratic mayors of Indianapolis and Fort Wayne cruised to easy victories, denying Republicans their hopes of capturing leadership in either of the state’s largest cities. Indianapolis Mayor Joe Hogsett declared victory over Republican state Sen. Jim Merritt in Tuesday’s local elections. Unofficial Marion County results showed Hogsett with 70 percent of the vote. Fort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry extended his 12-year tenure leading Indiana’s second-largest city with about 60 percent support
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Democrats have run cities for many decades and turned them to shitholes. Yet people won’t change.
Not until they run out of other people's money to spend. Which could happen only if statewide leadership cuts off the public tax cash trough for their urban spending. And that inhibitive affect is fading apparently in many places as Dems rise statewide, too. Drat.
Can’t fix stupids or how they vote. Rats gonna rat.
FWIW, it appears South Bend and Elkhart went Dem for mayor, too.
In my Indiana town, the mayor and the city council (all Democrats), all ran unopposed in the primary, and there were no Republicans running at all, so election days were non-events. I have lived here for six years, and this is the second time this has happened.
So? And grass is green, sky is blue.
That’s cause city folk are Pethetic dependent losers all. 100%.
Bigger the city Bigger the losers
Most cities of at least moderate size have a great many dependent ferals. They vote for who promises the most to them. These are often referred to as gibmedats. They are weak mentally...and volatile.
Add VA and KY to that list...looks like REP lost tonight...won MS but barely huh? 2020? TRUMP I think will be up all night...I am not sleeping well anymore either - hate dems and everything they always get away with! They are doing it again folks!! Our country and the justice system is broken - TWO TIERED JUSTICE is here to stay for the common man - the outsiders - the conservatives...
You are a Republican, you have lived in your Indiana town for six years, and no Republicans were running at all.
What kept you from running? Is it job or family responsibilities, or a lack of support from the Republican organization, or do you live in a liberal bastion and feel a sense of futility?
I don’t mean this as a criticism. I have no idea about your personal circumstances, and I never ran for office myself either. I guess this is more of a global comment.
The Trump administration has the potential to either impact America for the long term or be a flash in the pan. If government offices at all levels — federal (including administrative offices), state, and local — continue to be filled by leftists, then as soon as President Trump is out of office, whether in 2020 or 2024, the left will close ranks and it will be as though he never was here.
I think many would argue that neither of these men are democrats but could only get on the ballot by signing up as one. The odd thing is their election pulled many democrat council members in with them. I only saw one ad where party was mentioned for Hogsett and that was a proud republican endorsing him and ending by saying she loved Joe Hogsett. Another ad had him comparing himself to a former popular republican mayor Richard Hudnut.
What kept you from running?
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Not Indiana, but in my rural WI area, while Rs can and do win, especially small county seat/county positions, the answer most people will give is ‘No one would vote for me.’
It takes extroverts with money/monetary support who don’t own a business. You need to have no personal skeletons, including no black sheep family members. You need a large social network, including extended family. There are no independent papers any longer. All small weeklies are owned by conglomerates from the nearest small city (50k+)and those are all prog-owned.
Decades ago, conservative professionals who ran for school board saw their practice hit hard. The entire family took that to heart and the current generation is election-shy.
In the same time period, we had 2 newspapers. The D paper lied and was full of ads. The conservative paper told the real truth and had no support, so went belly up.
It’s not just transplants. We’re transplants of 45-years standing. The sad truth in many places is the children of local traditionalists are thrilled with the new *hip* folks moving in and they end up changing their values.
Democrats are natural public office parasiteloitered. Politics is their sole business.. I do not know a liberal who is not obsessed about politics over any other thing in their no life.
Thank you for your explanation. There is a serious structural problem that must be addressed if the Trump administration will have a lasting impact.
With the help of soros and his well funded organizations, the kaos in our communities will reach a fever pitch
Point well taken. I have always lived in areas dominated by Democrats, but what bothers me more than that is having elected officials whom no one voted for, who got their offices by default.
I live in the old industrial, blue-collar, rust-belt, northwest corner of the Indiana, which is solidly blue. You go to the south part of the county, though, and you start getting into red Indiana. The only Republicans I get to vote for regularly are those running statewide. Nobody running for state senate or rep. We have had a Republican running for Congress the last two times (the same person, who is becoming a perennial sacrificial lamb) but before that a Libertarian was the only option.
The power structure in my town is kind of insular and consists of people were born here and who have known each other their entire lives. One good thing about the Dems here (and I found this also when I lived on Chicago’s far south side) is that they are mostly socially-moderate, some even socially-conservative, so the kooky stuff that goes on in most solid-D areas isn’t likely to happen here. During the 2016 primary season, though, I saw a good number of Bernie yard signs but none for Hillary, so I’m not sure what that means.
So that situation, plus being busy with work and family, has hindered me from running for office. The local officials do know who I am, though, because I frequently bend their ears on issues and on things that need to get done in town, and I have had some success. I’ll be retiring in a few years and we hope to move farther outside the city, so maybe I’ll give it a shot there.
Oh, and about your last point on the importance of getting conservatives elected at all levels — that’s very true. It seemed to me that a lot of local leftist officials were emboldened by Obama’s win, and a lot of the stuff we’re enduring now really got cut loose then, like demons from hell.
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