Donald Trump won every town in the lower Naugatuck Valley Nov. 8, a pocket of red in an otherwise blue state.

Valley voters also threw out two Democratic legislators.

But the same voters also re-upped with U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro and U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal.

What gives?

Seymour First Selectman Kurt Miller (a Republican who voted for Trump) and Ansonia's Tarek Raslan (a Democrat who didn't vote for Trump) join reporters Eugene Driscoll and Ethan Fry for a freewheeling discussion and what happened, and where we go from here.

Valley Indy podcasts with Linda Gentile, George Logan, Joseph Jaumann, Joe Crisco, Theresa Conroy and Nicole Klarides-Ditria.

Valley Indy podcasts with Linda Gentile, George Logan, Joseph Jaumann, Joe Crisco, Theresa Conroy and Nicole Klarides-Ditria.

Valley Indy podcasts with Linda Gentile, George Logan, Joseph Jaumann, Joe Crisco, Theresa Conroy and Nicole Klarides-Ditria.

Valley Indy podcasts with Linda Gentile, George Logan, Joseph Jaumann, Joe Crisco, Theresa Conroy and Nicole Klarides-Ditria.

Valley Indy podcasts with Linda Gentile, George Logan, Joseph Jaumann, Joe Crisco, Theresa Conroy and Nicole Klarides-Ditria.

Sharon Closius, president and CEO of the Valley Community Foundation in Derby, talks about the 2016 Valley Community Index, a 58-page report scheduled to be unveiled 8 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 20 in Shelton.

Former Valley Indy/Hartford Courant reporter Jodie Mozdzer Gil talks about a Valley-related asthma story she penned for the Connecticut Health Investigative Team.

The conversation then turns to teaching journalism in 2016, and closes with a brief discussion of . . . you guessed it . . . CLOWNS.

Photo courtesy of Vern Williams, an assistant professor in the

journalism department at Southern Connecticut State University.

Ansonia Mayor David Cassetti returns to take questions from Valley Indy readers via Facebook live.

Also joining the discussion -- Ansonia Economic Development Director Sheila O'Malley and corporation counsel John Marini.

The Valley Indy goes ultra-hyperlocal with Derby Second Ward Alderman Art Gerckens. The discussion includes how the city is dealing with quality of life complaints from Derby residents who live in the area of Hawthorne and Nutmeg avenues.