Curiosity is one of my job requirements, so on occasion I try to puzzle out whether the mayors and council members I cover count themselves loyal to one political party or another. This rarely leads anywhere. Local politics is so inglorious, its conflicts so stale and petty, that it leaves very little room for the ideological grandstanding party politics requires. Guessing at partisan loyalties is a kind of parlor game apt to depend more on stereotypes than serious observation.
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