BOE - who are people voting for?

[Anonymous]

Yeah Zimmerman really has it in the bag.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mandel is doing much better than I thought she would.

It really makes me question how educated MoCo voters are. She's laughable and yet didn't do that badly.
Mostly Trump supporters I guess - they love to support odd candidates who will never do anything for them.

Trump got 19% in Montgomery County in November 2020. So I think that explains the Mandel vote.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't follow Boe. Were there any upsets to the status quo ?

Incumbent Rebecca Smondrowski is currently losing to two challengers and will likely not be on the ballot in November.

[Anonymous]

Mandel could inch out ahead of Shebra, which would be quite remarkable if that happens.

The BOE needs to wake up. People are furious with the current state of MCPS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mandel could inch out ahead of Shebra, which would be quite remarkable if that happens.

The BOE needs to wake up. People are furious with the current state of MCPS.

Mandel could inch out ahead of Evans. Bethany could inch out ahead of Shebra.

But she probably won't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mandel could inch out ahead of Shebra, which would be quite remarkable if that happens.

The BOE needs to wake up. People are furious with the current state of MCPS.

Why not use Evans instead of her first name? Just as you did for Mandel.

People didn't want to vote Mandel but wanted to stick it to the current BOE. And then there is Harris - an incumbent.

[Anonymous]

Of the incumbents, Harris is clearly the most popular. I wonder why that is.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Of the incumbents, Harris is clearly the most popular. I wonder why that is.

Because she keeps posting on this dcusm?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mandel is doing much better than I thought she would.

It really makes me question how educated MoCo voters are. She's laughable and yet didn't do that badly.
Mostly Trump supporters I guess - they love to support odd candidates who will never do anything for them.

Ahh yes, when people don't vote for your candidate, then there must be something wrong with them. Diversity is OK as long as it's not diversity in who to vote for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mandel could inch out ahead of Shebra, which would be quite remarkable if that happens.

The BOE needs to wake up. People are furious with the current state of MCPS.

People are expressing their anger at the old Apple Ballot endorsed candidates by voting for the new Apple Ballot endorsed candidates.

Respectively, I’ve seen Laura Stewart’s Twitter account before she decided to run. There is no way that she can, will or is capable of fixing MCPS. She’d rather double down on all of the prior failures.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Looks like Apple Ballot and incumbents

Apple ballot picks weren't incumbents and looking like they'll all be on the ballot come November.

Yes, that’s the point. All apple ballot picks plus incumbents (in at least two).

Heads you win, Tails I lose

[Anonymous]

255 of 257 districts reported now. Top 3 in each race:

At Large:
Lynne Harris 26,845 31.07%
Rita Montoya 26,824 31.05%
Melissa Kim 13,344 15.45%

Incumbent (Harris) has a strong showing. Very close race, may be equally close in the general.

D2:
Natalie Zimmerman 38,863 46.11%
Brenda M. Diaz 18,774 22.28%
Rebecca Smondrowski 14,216 16.87%

Incumbent (Smondrowski) voted out.

D4:
Laura M. Stewart 40,103 47.30%
Shebra Evans 22,840 26.94%
Bethany S. Mandel 21,843 25.76%

Incumbent (Evans) barely squeaks by, beating DCUM's favorite candidate (joke) by less than 1,000 votes. Strong chance Evans will lose in the general.

So in the general, we know 1 incumbent is already out (Smondrowski), and 1 is likely to lose (Evans), so that just leaves Harris. If all 3 get voted out, that will be quite a coup!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:255 of 257 districts reported now. Top 3 in each race:

At Large:
Lynne Harris 26,845 31.07%
Rita Montoya 26,824 31.05%
Melissa Kim 13,344 15.45%

Incumbent (Harris) has a strong showing. Very close race, may be equally close in the general.

D2:
Natalie Zimmerman 38,863 46.11%
Brenda M. Diaz 18,774 22.28%
Rebecca Smondrowski 14,216 16.87%

Incumbent (Smondrowski) voted out.

D4:
Laura M. Stewart 40,103 47.30%
Shebra Evans 22,840 26.94%
Bethany S. Mandel 21,843 25.76%

Incumbent (Evans) barely squeaks by, beating DCUM's favorite candidate (joke) by less than 1,000 votes. Strong chance Evans will lose in the general.

So in the general, we know 1 incumbent is already out (Smondrowski), and 1 is likely to lose (Evans), so that just leaves Harris. If all 3 get voted out, that will be quite a coup!

Not a coup. A demonstration of the power of the MCEA Apple Ballot.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Mandel is doing much better than I thought she would.

It really makes me question how educated MoCo voters are. She's laughable and yet didn't do that badly.
Mostly Trump supporters I guess - they love to support odd candidates who will never do anything for them.

Trump got 19% in Montgomery County in November 2020. So I think that explains the Mandel vote.

I hope this is a terrible take. Mandel is outperforming Trump by about 6 points (more than 30 percent), so let’s hope it’s not just Trump voters who boosted Mandel or else it’s going to be rough in November.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:255 of 257 districts reported now. Top 3 in each race:

At Large:
Lynne Harris 26,845 31.07%
Rita Montoya 26,824 31.05%
Melissa Kim 13,344 15.45%

Incumbent (Harris) has a strong showing. Very close race, may be equally close in the general.

D2:
Natalie Zimmerman 38,863 46.11%
Brenda M. Diaz 18,774 22.28%
Rebecca Smondrowski 14,216 16.87%

Incumbent (Smondrowski) voted out.

D4:
Laura M. Stewart 40,103 47.30%
Shebra Evans 22,840 26.94%
Bethany S. Mandel 21,843 25.76%

Incumbent (Evans) barely squeaks by, beating DCUM's favorite candidate (joke) by less than 1,000 votes. Strong chance Evans will lose in the general.

So in the general, we know 1 incumbent is already out (Smondrowski), and 1 is likely to lose (Evans), so that just leaves Harris. If all 3 get voted out, that will be quite a coup!

Not a coup. A demonstration of the power of the MCEA Apple Ballot.

Or, the Apple ballot is a good reflection of the general opinions of the voters of this county. Many people do their own research and come to the same/similar conclusions as the Apple Ballot. Zimmerman and Stewart had 46/47 percent of the vote, but Montoya only 31. People didn’t just vote straight Apple Ballot.