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How is Nancy Pelosi still in office if the city is so progressive? I was part of the Shahid Bhuttar campaign and was very disappointed that they chose to re-ele
by nebula8804 5y ago
How is Nancy Pelosi still in office if the city is so progressive? I was part of the Shahid Bhuttar campaign and was very disappointed that they chose to re-elect Pelosi after all the messes of the Trump years. I think the city is really controlled by the rich neoliberals and progressives are nothing but lip service. There is no other reason they would keep such a garbage candidate around.
- ac29 5y agoReplacing incumbents is hard. Replacing ones with wide recognition is even harder (she's the speaker of the house). Replacing them with people with zero history in politics is going to be nearly impossible. Wikipedia doesn't even consider Buttar notable enough to have his own article, and he still managed to get a quarter of the vote in the last election, which should be seen a real accomplishment.
- nebula8804 5y agoIt gives an indication that the electorate (of which there should be ~700k people) does not care enough to even consider a different option or even bother to come out and vote.