CONNECTICUT REPUBLICANS: THE NUMBERS TELL THE STORY — AND THE CITIES CANNOT BE IGNORED!🧑🏾🦱👩🏾🦱👱🏻♂️👱🏼🧔🏽♂️👩🏽🦱🇺🇸🇵🇷
Connecticut Republicans have not won a gubernatorial election since 2006 or a congressional seat since 2008. After nearly two decades, the question deserves serious examination: Why does the same electoral pattern continue?
Look at the voter-registration numbers:
•Approximately 35% Democratic
•Approximately 21% Republican
•Approximately 44% unaffiliated or independent
Democrats hold a registration advantage of approximately 329,000 voters. 
These numbers tell us something important: Connecticut's elections cannot be understood by looking at registered Republicans alone.
Major population centers such as Waterbury, New Britain, Meriden, Danbury, Hartford, New Haven and Bridgeport are an essential part of the statewide electoral picture.
These communities include working-class families, Black and Hispanic residents, small-business owners, veterans, parents and young people facing concerns about affordability, housing, education, public safety and economic opportunity.
Their voices matter just as much as those of residents in Connecticut's smaller towns and suburbs.
In the 5th Congressional District, Waterbury, New Britain, Meriden and Danbury represent important parts of the electorate. Understanding their voting patterns is essential to understanding the district's election results.
Connecticut's electoral challenges are bigger than any single candidate, chairman or campaign.
They involve voter registration, turnout, changing demographics, party organization and the relationship between urban, suburban and rural communities.
The numbers are available. The election results are public. The communities are there.
The question for Connecticut Republican leadership is whether it is willing to examine the full electoral picture, including the communities that have historically received less attention.
Connecticut's cities are not an afterthought. They are part of Connecticut's future. 🇺🇸