Rockland Elections: What happened to the ‘Trump effect’?
“The “blue wave” that brought Democrats to power across the region and the nation skipped Rockland County, where voters on Tuesday returned Republicans to county and town offices and in general seemed adverse to change.
And although fear of becoming “another Ramapo” fueled victories in several towns, in Ramapo itself voters expressed no displeasure with a Democratic regime that has been in place during a period marked by corruption, lax zoning and overdevelopment.
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