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After an era of reform conservatives having great success during the 1990s as mayors of major

American cities like New York and Los Angeles, the GOP has had less success of late.

Prior to the November 2016 election, 27 of the 100 largest American cities had Republican

mayors.

Of the top 10 U.S. cities and population, only San Diego currently has a Republican mayor.

But where they have managed to be winning urban elections, Republicans

have helped turn struggling cities around. Joining us to talk about the GOP in the mayor's office

is Stephen Malanga. Steve is City Journal's senior editor, the George M. Yeager Fellow at the Manhattan

Institute, and his recent piece, City Hall GOP, is featured in City Journal's

brand new autumn 2016 issue. It can be found online at www.city-gernel.org. Steve, welcome,

as always. Thank you. Now, cities are often thought of as democratic territory these days.

How hard is it for Republicans to get elected in these kind of Now, cities are often thought of as democratic territory these days.

How hard is it for Republicans to get elected in these kind of blue environments?

Do things need to get as bad as they did in New York City in the early 1990s for urban voters to put their trust in a Republican?

Well, that definitely is a pattern.

First of all, if you look at the demographics of cities, they do tend to be younger and younger voters tend to vote more liberal.

But where Republicans have won, and this not just only recently, but going all the way back,

certainly to the 1990s and Rudy Giuliani and also Richard Reardon in Los Angeles, they've

sort of been, they've come in, if you will, as

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