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One cure for sour feelings about politics − getting people to love their hometowns

  • Written by Sean Richey, Professor, Georgia State University
One cure for sour feelings about politics − getting people to love their hometownsA young girl holds Old Glory at an Independence Day celebration.SDI Productions/E+ via Getty Images

Eileen Higgins won a historic victory in December. She became the first woman ever elected mayor of Miami, as well as its first Democratic mayor since 1997.

Although the stakes in the city’s Dec. 9, 2025, runoff election were high, interest was...

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