Chester (the city) Pennsylvania

[CatoMinor]

80% black, urban, all of its elected city officials are Republicans.

Discuss.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

It's a horrible town, regardless.

[Verily]

It's a horrible town, regardless.

Truth. Someone suggested in an old thread that the black Republicans might have survived due to "good governance", but this seems ludicrous to me in the context of such a disaster area as Chester. I could see, perhaps, if Chester were a thriving city that had been economically booming since 1950 and had a black Republican tradition how that tradition would have survived. But it seems like at the least at some point in a city in complete and at times seemingly terminal decline people would have grown frustrated and tried out the Democrats--and, once they did that once, national political inertia would prevent them from going back.

[DrScholl]

It is very hard to understand, seeing as Republicans in offices above municipal do very poorly, not even breaking a thousand votes sometimes.

[TeePee4Prez]

Definitely a city where you should lock your doors driving through.  I once had to detour off I-95 coming from northern Delaware and it was scary going up 13 and 291 which are main roads through Chester.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Definitely a city where you should lock your doors driving through.  I once had to detour off I-95 coming from northern Delaware and it was scary going up 13 and 291 which are main roads through Chester.

racist

[tpfkaw]

Definitely a city where you should lock your doors driving through.  I once had to detour off I-95 coming from northern Delaware and it was scary going up 13 and 291 which are main roads through Chester.

racist

That said, I don't regret my vote for Obama, but one thing I've noticed is some blacks I've come across act like now that Obama's president, they can afford to be a bit more cocky, entitled, and black guys are getting more aggressive with white women at clubs.  Myself and other union Dems I know have noticed this and there are people I know who aren't happy with it.

[Queen Mum Inks.LWC]

Do the elected officials run as non-partisan officials, and it's known what their party is?  Or do the municipal elections actually get broken down by party?

[Keystone Phil]

Definitely a city where you should lock your doors driving through.  I once had to detour off I-95 coming from northern Delaware and it was scary going up 13 and 291 which are main roads through Chester.

racist

That said, I don't regret my vote for Obama, but one thing I've noticed is some blacks I've come across act like now that Obama's president, they can afford to be a bit more cocky, entitled, and black guys are getting more aggressive with white women at clubs.  Myself and other union Dems I know have noticed this and there are people I know who aren't happy with it.

Ah, yes, a classic. It almost comes across as a total joke post meant to mock racists then you realize the author and remember that he's totally serious. The best part about Flyers is that he has no problems going off on other people for being racist but thinks what he says is totally ok. He used to suggest that I was a closet racist.

Anyway, I think Inks might be right here - they must have non-partisan elections for local offices. I had no idea Chester was dominated by the GOP on the local level. It just doesn't make sense.

[J. J.]

Definitely a city where you should lock your doors driving through.  I once had to detour off I-95 coming from northern Delaware and it was scary going up 13 and 291 which are main roads through Chester.

racist

Actually, even by North Philadelphia standards, Chester is bad. 

I think a lot of the Republicanism might be genetic; people registered that way because their parents did.  Delco is one of those counties long dominated by the GOP at the local level (like since the Civil War).