I just lurked at Kos and saw this comment - thought it was interesting, don't know why I never considered this before:
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I was on the phone just now, reading part of this article to a neighbor. When I got to the part about Republican registrations outweighing Democratic, she said "well you know, the only reason my husband and I are registered Republicans is because of the town elections. Otherwise, we vote Democratic."
I don't know what other towns see, but ours is, oddly, controlled by two factions of the GOP, not two different parties. Town board and supervisor seats are more or less won and lost in the GOP primary here. And I suspect that's true elsewhere in the district.
So I wonder if there are more RINOs who won't ever change their affiliation, just because of the entrenchment in local politics...
“I don’t know what other towns see, but ours is, oddly, controlled by two factions of the GOP, not two different parties. Town board and supervisor seats are more or less won and lost in the GOP primary here. And I suspect that’s true elsewhere in the district.
So I wonder if there are more RINOs who won’t ever change their affiliation, just because of the entrenchment in local politics... “
Fascinating. Reverse of what goes on in some rural parts of south.