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Urban Voters Are The Democratic Base

Posted by: Abhijeet Chavan
Thanks to: Nathan Bush
16 November 2004 - 8:00am

This editorial argues that the future of the democratic parties lies in reorienting the party line towards urban issues.

"It's time for the Democrats to face reality: They are the party of urban America. If the cities elected our president, if urban voters determined the outcome, John F. Kerry would have won by a landslide. Urban voters are the Democratic base."

Full Story: Urban Archipelago
Source: The Stranger, November 15, 2004
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