I’m curious how much press prop 50 got outside of California. With all the phone calls/texts, mailers, TV ads, people plastering freeway overpasses with signs about it, folks waving signs on street corners, it did feel like midterms.
I’m glad it’s done. I hope it passes. 90 minutes till they start counting votes…
By far the two largest races for my local election were nyc mayor and prop 50: all the press, all the publicity, all the talk …. And my ballot held city councillors and school board candidates who were mostly unopposed.
It’s actually unexpected: my town has had some contentious issues lately on school funding, higher density housing , bike lanes, pedestrianizing a section of our “main” street, and a war between a strong mayor and ineffective city council …. I expected to attract more candidates, more voters
if they thought it was midterms they should have looked into candidates by now
They did, the media told them who the candidates were, the ads told them who to vote for, and the big name politicians at the federal level told them who they endorsed. Duh. The media wouldn’t tell them about things that don’t affect them at all. /s
It’s honestly insane how many people thought it was midterms…
Like, I get time moves fast, but if they thought it was midterms they should have looked into candidates by now.
To be fair, it’s certainly felt like longer than only one year since the last election.
Over 36 Mooches!
I’m curious how much press prop 50 got outside of California. With all the phone calls/texts, mailers, TV ads, people plastering freeway overpasses with signs about it, folks waving signs on street corners, it did feel like midterms.
I’m glad it’s done. I hope it passes. 90 minutes till they start counting votes…
I know you know this by now, but it passed by a good margin.
By far the two largest races for my local election were nyc mayor and prop 50: all the press, all the publicity, all the talk …. And my ballot held city councillors and school board candidates who were mostly unopposed.
It’s actually unexpected: my town has had some contentious issues lately on school funding, higher density housing , bike lanes, pedestrianizing a section of our “main” street, and a war between a strong mayor and ineffective city council …. I expected to attract more candidates, more voters
They did, the media told them who the candidates were, the ads told them who to vote for, and the big name politicians at the federal level told them who they endorsed. Duh. The media wouldn’t tell them about things that don’t affect them at all. /s
To be fair, Trump has caused so much chaos in less than a year that it feels like he’s been in office for years
He’s so awful that it feels like he’s been in office since 2017. The memory of the Biden respite is all but eradicated.