Municipal politics in Los Angeles does not always fit neatly into the same Democrat versus Republican spectrum you see at the state and national level. Some local concerns that can be viewed through this lens, but many of the most important local issues are party-neutral. There is no Republican or Democratic platform on filling potholes, for instance, or picking up garbage, or putting up a stop sign in a school zone. In Los Angeles (and, I suspect, most other cities) there’s a somewhat different dichotomy at work. For years I’ve had trouble pinning it down, giving it a name, or feeling like I can explain it simply --but over the last couple years a new dynamic has revealed itself, and I’ve come to find it helpful in describing the Los Angeles voter.
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Thats a great prism to see this through. Very interesting post!