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They can be recalled and/or replaced, as many have who voted for data centers. They fought against datacenters. Now they are running for local offices - https:

They can be recalled and/or replaced, as many have who voted for data centers. They fought against datacenters. Now they are running for local offices - https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/15/datacenters-local-elections https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/15/datacenters-... - September 15th, 2026 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49375000 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49375000 (citations)

shimman 1mo ago
Don't know why you're getting downvoted, but hackernews is very anti-democratic in nature. One thing politicians quickly realize, especially local ones, is that you do have to be accountable to voters at the end of the day. One or two bad stories is enough to sink a local race too, or at minimum require a massive spend to overcome the negativity. Local politics is where you understand how effective a handful of people can truly be. Happy to read people are understanding the true power they have collectively instead of as individuals.
- toomuchtodo 1mo ago
  Oh yeah, totally agree, the HN zeitgeist is what it is.
astura 1mo ago
Only a handful of states have any concept of a recall election.
- toomuchtodo 1mo ago
  Indeed, have to wait for elections when recalls aren’t an option. Elections arrive eventually.
- wand3r 1mo ago
  Exactly. It helps they also control who can even run for office in any meaningful way. Nobody fights the left harder than Democrats. Good luck finding a representative that is against data centers, flock, Israel, congressional stock bans and pausing and regulating AI, views overwhelming popular with the majority of the actual American public.
  - wredcoll 1mo ago
    My experience is that nobody fights the democrats harder than "leftists".
    - Refreeze5224 1mo ago
      You are misunderstanding basic political terminology then, if you think it's somehow odd that leftists are against Democrats. Democrats and Republicans are both capitalists and liberal in the classical sense, both of which leftists oppose.
    - dtmooreiv 1mo ago
      Funny. In my experience, nobody fights the “leftists” harder than the Democrats. I think the Republicans fight the Democrats harder than anyone else, and aside from the “leftists”, no political group seems to really fight the Republicans.
  - shigawire 1mo ago
    >Good luck finding a representative that is against data centers, flock, Israel, congressional stock bans and pausing and regulating AI, views overwhelming popular with the majority of the actual American public. That is rapidly becoming Democratic party orthodoxy. At the very least there are a sizable number of Democrats who fit that.

shimman 1mo ago

Don't know why you're getting downvoted, but hackernews is very anti-democratic in nature. One thing politicians quickly realize, especially local ones, is that you do have to be accountable to voters at the end of the day. One or two bad stories is enough to sink a local race too, or at minimum require a massive spend to overcome the negativity. Local politics is where you understand how effective a handful of people can truly be. Happy to read people are understanding the true power they have collectively instead of as individuals.

toomuchtodo 1mo ago
Oh yeah, totally agree, the HN zeitgeist is what it is.

astura 1mo ago

Only a handful of states have any concept of a recall election.

toomuchtodo 1mo ago
Indeed, have to wait for elections when recalls aren’t an option. Elections arrive eventually.
wand3r 1mo ago
Exactly. It helps they also control who can even run for office in any meaningful way. Nobody fights the left harder than Democrats. Good luck finding a representative that is against data centers, flock, Israel, congressional stock bans and pausing and regulating AI, views overwhelming popular with the majority of the actual American public.
- wredcoll 1mo ago
  My experience is that nobody fights the democrats harder than "leftists".
  - Refreeze5224 1mo ago
    You are misunderstanding basic political terminology then, if you think it's somehow odd that leftists are against Democrats. Democrats and Republicans are both capitalists and liberal in the classical sense, both of which leftists oppose.
  - dtmooreiv 1mo ago
    Funny. In my experience, nobody fights the “leftists” harder than the Democrats. I think the Republicans fight the Democrats harder than anyone else, and aside from the “leftists”, no political group seems to really fight the Republicans.
- shigawire 1mo ago
  >Good luck finding a representative that is against data centers, flock, Israel, congressional stock bans and pausing and regulating AI, views overwhelming popular with the majority of the actual American public. That is rapidly becoming Democratic party orthodoxy. At the very least there are a sizable number of Democrats who fit that.