Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Constructing a Theory of Local Voting Behavior -- 2. Group Interest Theory and Local Elections -- 3. From Rioting to Watergate: Los Angeles, 1969 and 1973 -- 4. Tough Enough to Turn L.A. Around: Los Angeles, 1973 to 1993 -- 5. Vote Your Hopes, Not Your Fears: New York, 1965 to 1993 -- 6. Racial Conflict and Retrospective Voting -- 7. Down but Not Out: A Liberal Revival in 2001 -- 8. Changing Urban Politics in the New Millennium -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index