>
> Elected politicians, when faced with a large-scale
> common sentiment about something or other in their
> district, ARE NOT going to ignore that, plain and
> simple. Right or wrong, we all have different
> perspectives, which are colored in part by where we
> live and who lives there with us. Suburban
> Republicans are, by and large, representing their
> districts.
>
This is partly true, yet many times it is a matter of turnout. With a
few notable exceptions, if the turnout is very high, even the most
affluent suburbs can go Democratic. North Oaks elected a Democrat a few
years back.
What I see as a large problem is the failure of the state party, city
activists and city legislative candidates to realize the value and
importance of get out the vote efforts in the suburbs. Whether through
fundraisers, help with mailings, doorknocking or whatever there are lots
of things city DFLers can do to help suburban candidates.
Perhaps the cities "safe" legislators could band together to
do more to encourage donations and volunteering in the suburbs?
Perhaps each of the city SDs could find a sister SD in the
"Republican" (Roseville, North/South St. Paul and Richfield don't
count) suburbs?
Evan Schnell
Roseville
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