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As you've suggested the dissonance between democrats largely polling in favor of the measure but city council democrats rejecting could be because the city coun
by Slow_Hand 5y ago
As you've suggested the dissonance between democrats largely polling in favor of the measure but city council democrats rejecting could be because the city council members have conflicting personal interests or are being influenced/lobbied by a minority who oppose the law.
So perhaps the distinction of democrat is too broad and unhelpful in this situation and it should be broken down into finer demographics. 26% of Americans identify as democrat and there is bound to be a lot of diversity of opinion within such a large body of people.
- TulliusCicero 5y agoRepublicans should be in favor in theory because of property rights and the free market/consumer demand, but in practice they’re opposed to density for lifestyle reasons: they really like car-only lifestyles, and they’re not above using the government to force their neighbors to go along with it. They talk a lot about free market principles, but just like with Facebook or Twitter, the instant it goes against their interests, suddenly their principles are nowhere to be seen. Democrats aren’t as outright averse to density, and in theory should be for more housing because it would massively help the working class, but in practice they’re only okay with pre-existing density, because new density means redeveloping areas that probably already have people there, which means displacement. Plus, they hate the fact that new housing is more expensive than old housing, so every time a new development goes up you get a bunch of people yelling about “luxury condos”.
- x0x0 5y agoRenters vote at far lower rates than home owners. This leads to not particularly surprising outcomes...