No. of Recommendations: 1
Or, like AZ, it could be that the other party is putting up crazy people. In which case, voters are going for the least worst. Especially because our system (nationally, and I think in most states) has a tendency to pick the extremes from each party, and pit them against each other. The majority of voters are in the middle, and are stuck with two candidates they don't like...in their minds, voting for the least worst.1pg, we're talking about the city of Seattle here.
There is no functioning Republican party. The entire state barely has one; in the bluest areas we have these flavors of politician:
*Out and out socialists (example:
https://www.thestranger.com/guest-editorial/2023/0...)
*Mini-mes of the out-and-out socialists (
https://mynorthwest.com/2554518/rantz-seattle-coun....)
*liberal but not insane (
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics...)
...there is no alternative candidate to vote for. This place has been deeply and solidly blue for decades and yet voters still vote for the same thing.
The guy I highlighted campaigned on being for more cops and for public safety. Once in office he started voting for defunding the police and showed up at anti-cop protest/riots. His latest stunt was this one:
https://mynorthwest.com/3897499/seattle-city-counc......which cost him the last of his business endorsements. As I said, hopefully this guy doesn't make it into the general election.
