Last time any Detroit precinct voted Republican in a Presidential election

[CassTechGrad]

Since 1962 With Louis Mariani. Then Detroit want democratic all the way.

And how has that turned out for the city and its residents? What’s that saying about doing the same thing over and over and………………….

[Atticus]

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Both parties have been more concerned with sabotaging the other party as of late, and trying to make sure their opponent is unable to do anything beneficial.

Point being, your argument basically revolves around the concept that Detroit should vote conservative and hope the Democrats don’t sabotage the Republican ideas, because maybe they would benefit the city. The problem is most conservative ideas work against minorities and urbanists, and the few conservative ideas that would be good for the city are too complex for the average voter to comprehend.

[aj3647]

And how has that turned out for the city and its residents? What’s that saying about doing the same thing over and over and………………….

What relevance does Detroit's PRESIDENTIAL voting preferences have on anything related to the city? I can't think of a single Presidential election that was swung by Detroit and Detroit alone. That being said, there were numerous extended periods of Republican leadership at both the national level [[8 years of Reagan, 4 of HW, 8 of Dubya, now Trump) and state level [[Engler, Snyder, etc.) where the decline of Detroit continued unabated, with zero interest paid to it by Republicans at any level.

I would also love to hear how a Republican mayor would have somehow stemmed the tide of the loss of local manufacturing that began in the 80's. Through magic powers?

[swingline]

What relevance does Detroit's PRESIDENTIAL voting preferences have on anything related to the city? I can't think of a single Presidential election that was swung by Detroit and Detroit alone. That being said, there were numerous extended periods of Republican leadership at both the national level [[8 years of Reagan, 4 of HW, 8 of Dubya, now Trump) and state level [[Engler, Snyder, etc.) where the decline of Detroit continued unabated, with zero interest paid to it by Republicans at any level.

I would also love to hear how a Republican mayor would have somehow stemmed the tide of the loss of local manufacturing that began in the 80's. Through magic powers?

You're right about party affiliation being mostly irrelevant to the arc of Detroit's economic history.

However, sorry about the threadjack, but you're wrong about Detroit not swinging a presidential race. In Michigan it was Detroiters alone who swung the race to President Trump who won the state by 10,000 votes. 40,000 fewer Detroiters voted in 2016 than in 2012. Of the Detroiters who did vote, over 90% voted for Hillary Clinton. Some other pressing engagement must have come up for those 40,000.

[Metro25]

And how has that turned out for the city and its residents? What’s that saying about doing the same thing over and over and………………….

Typical partisan propaganda people love pushing about urban areas voting blue.

The irony is the problems they face were caused by republicans and their voters who left, segregated and dis-invested in inner cities with racist motivations. And now you're going to act like people voting for what's in line with their best interests is somehow hurting them.

[Danny]

And how has that turned out for the city and its residents? What’s that saying about doing the same thing over and over and………………….

Detroit will never be a Republican city until they more republicans living and working the city. Detroit will remain Democratic and too liberal for hundreds of years to come.