Not in this race, but I’d like to see voter turn out numbers compared to the last mid-term election.
My district. That dating app thing relegated him to a level of decidedly not at all hip status. Plus the homophobic, smug attitudes of his campaign posse absolutely grated on people’s nerves. I had a few campaign staff members in extremely expensive, tight pants and fashionable accessories completely ignore me in a supermarket when I tried to ask them questions. One dismissively told me there was a gay bar down the street. I was in shock not because I’m not gay but because the arrogance was so thick. Glad he lost.
I always appreciate the local take.
I’m afraid we are going to see a lot more candidates who are Trumpp- like in that they care little about many of the issues and will join the majority party in their district and unabashedly campaign on whatever positions the majority of voters prefer. Once in office, they will put their own interests above the district’s.
Nobody wants to confidently extrapolate this out to its undeniable significance for the DNC etc.? Because in the other…well. Anyway. Sounds like the better candidate won.
I worked for years in East Harlem when Carolyn Maloney was the City Council person for a district that included East Harlem and part of Yorkville. She patiently bided her time till the Silk Stocking congressional district seat became available for her. And could often be seen in her constituent service office on East 116th St.
I voted for Maloney because I felt that she adequately represented the district and that Patel was acting kind of clownish. And yes, this area had because ground flipping zero for crazy gentrification.
What is the dating app thing?
TIA!
Read the article: “But despite raising over $1 million, Patel’s quirky campaign never got much traction. It was hampered by questions over his voter registration, which he has switched multiple times over the past few years, and his self-consciously hip get-out-the vote methods. Those included handing out campaign-branded condoms and courting voters through bogus profiles created on dating apps like Bumble and Grindr.”