In April, there were 9 Republican mayors in America’s 50 biggest cities. In May, that number fell to 8.

Democrats are celebrating Omaha’s mayoral election win as proof that Republicans are out of step with America, when it’s really evidence how the nation’s cities have fallen out of step with America. There was a time when America’s cities were symbols of progress, but they have long since become sinkholes of decline, clinging to a handful of industries that employ a tiny fraction of their population as evidence of their relevance.

When Americans think of big cities, they think of tall buildings and social problems.

The Democratic Party’s stranglehold on major cities isn’t evidence of hope, but of despair. It’s not a triumph for democracy, but a sign that democracy no longer operates in major cities where elections are determined by networks of taxpayer-funded community groups, unions and other organizations that act as voter turnout operations for the Democrats in exchange for power and money.

Daniel Greenfield, Front Page Magazine