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brooklynite

(96,882 posts) Wed Nov 3, 2021, 03:12 PM Nov 2021

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My other 2021 takeaway.

When voters had a choice between a Mainstream Democrat and a left-wing Democrat, they picked the mainstream Democrat.

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My other 2021 takeaway. (Original Post) brooklynite Nov 2021 OP

Did this happen in a particular state, or just in general? n/t CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2021 #1

NYC, Buffalo, Minneapolis, Seattle... brooklynite Nov 2021 #2

Ohio special election... AZSkiffyGeek Nov 2021 #3

Good point. brooklynite Nov 2021 #5

Who was the left-wing Democrat? leftstreet Nov 2021 #4

Diane Morales, India Walton, Nina Turner, Lorena Gonzales, Nicole Thomas-Kennedy, Kate Knuth... brooklynite Nov 2021 #6

Lots this election cycle. Including primaries in New York, Ohio (Nina Turner) and others... Drunken Irishman Nov 2021 #7

Walton doesn't surprise me leftstreet Nov 2021 #8

Ugh. Yeah. That's not a surprise then. Drunken Irishman Nov 2021 #9

CaliforniaPeggy

(156,968 posts)

1. Did this happen in a particular state, or just in general? n/t

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Nov 3, 2021, 03:28 PM

Nov 2021

brooklynite

(96,882 posts)

2. NYC, Buffalo, Minneapolis, Seattle...

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Nov 3, 2021, 03:50 PM

Nov 2021

...probably other examples I could find,

AZSkiffyGeek

(12,744 posts)

3. Ohio special election...

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #2)

Wed Nov 3, 2021, 03:54 PM

Nov 2021

brooklynite

(96,882 posts)

5. Good point.

Reply to AZSkiffyGeek (Reply #3)

Wed Nov 3, 2021, 04:11 PM

Nov 2021

leftstreet

(41,248 posts)

4. Who was the left-wing Democrat?

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Nov 3, 2021, 03:56 PM

Nov 2021

brooklynite

(96,882 posts)

6. Diane Morales, India Walton, Nina Turner, Lorena Gonzales, Nicole Thomas-Kennedy, Kate Knuth...

Reply to leftstreet (Reply #4)

Wed Nov 3, 2021, 04:16 PM

Nov 2021

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)

7. Lots this election cycle. Including primaries in New York, Ohio (Nina Turner) and others...

Reply to leftstreet (Reply #4)

Wed Nov 3, 2021, 04:17 PM

Nov 2021

One good example is Buffalo. A Democratic Socialist won her primary over the incumbent Democratic mayor (good on her, it was a shocking win) and he ran as a write-in candidate and won pretty easily yesterday.

In Minneapolis, Jacob Frey won reelection as mayor despite a campaign by the left to oust him due a lot of issues revolving out of George Floyd's murder. If you remember, and maybe you don't, he was booed at a Floyd protest in the summer of 2020.

leftstreet

(41,248 posts)

8. Walton doesn't surprise me

Reply to Drunken Irishman (Reply #7)

Wed Nov 3, 2021, 05:11 PM

Nov 2021

She endorses charter schools, and she stupidly used scab labor on her campaign. Dumb

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)

9. Ugh. Yeah. That's not a surprise then.

Reply to leftstreet (Reply #8)

Wed Nov 3, 2021, 05:44 PM

Nov 2021

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