Kenyan or Janeese?

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Anonymous wrote:McDuffie seems like the more sensible choice.

I disagree. He is insipid and lackluster. What platform is he even running on? Anti-Janeese platform? He seems to be all about pick me, I’m Bowser 2.0.
Janeese at least has some personality. I’m hopeful that if she wins, Mamdani, Bernie and AOC will help guide her until she finds her footing.

I dunno man, this is exactly the lazy thinking that independents had about Clinton being an uninspired continuation of the Obama administration and hey, at least Trump had some personality, what's the worst that could happen?

As it turns out, electing people with dumb ideas and no desire for good governance is bad!

+1000

Yep. Marion Barry had some personality. How did that work out for the city?

Pretty will until the crack epidemic and Bush recession decimated DC finances.

Which covers almost the entirety of his time in office, lol.

[Anonymous]

Agree that the choices are not great, but JLG would be a disaster -- on crime, on taxes. I had one of her volunteers come to my door and when I asked about taxes, he said he didn't know about taxes because he's young (about 30) and that she just wanted to be the mayor for everyone, whatever that means. I'm ranking one candidate and it will be McDuffie. My issues are economic development (we need jobs), crime, and education. I do not see affordability as a crisis right now because people are moving out in droves and vacancy rates are sky high.

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Iif JLG is elected, Trump will likely do a takeover.

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Anonymous wrote:https://dc.citycast.fm/dc-politics/dc-election-mayor-poll-2026

City Cast put out some fascinating data that is exactly what I was expecting. JLG voters are typically young, White, wealthy transplants and McDuffie has the edge on Black voters and the elderly, and lower income voters.

That should surprise no one. FWIW, both candidates suck, but McDuffie sucks less and will reluctantly get my vote. Anything to keep JLG out of office.

Same.

[Anonymous]

What are your concerns about dcps? If they are very strong you should attend the next oversight hearing on them or write to all councilmembers. In the past 4 years I have written to both McDuffy’s office and Lewis-George. Never heard a peep from McDuffy’s office but always get a response from Lewis-George. If anything this might be a good time for you to start getting involved in asking councilmembers questions or attending oversight hearings so you can make your choice via experience

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Anonymous wrote:HI, Ward 4 resident here. I will not be voting for Janesee Lewis George. She has been a poor job of representing residents. She's great when things are good. She shows up for the fun events. But when something serious happens? Good luck. This week there have been multiple shooting in the neighborhood,including at an elementary school.

We have heard nothing from JLG. Finally, after being sent emails by our ANC rep and neighborhood association leaders, we got a response. But not from JLG herself. Nope. She had her communication director send a nothing email. No action. Didn't even care enough to send out an email with her name on it.


Maybe Kenyan is just as bad. Please share your thoughts. But I know that JLG doesn't really have ideas about how to fix crime in our neighborhood and, worse, doesn't seem to care.

Kenyan is far worse. I think you all are reacting to the socialist or whatever, but you are going to be even more disappointed by McDuffie. How about we make a statement by not voting for either of them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://dc.citycast.fm/dc-politics/dc-election-mayor-poll-2026

City Cast put out some fascinating data that is exactly what I was expecting. JLG voters are typically young, White, wealthy transplants and McDuffie has the edge on Black voters and the elderly, and lower income voters.

The polling results make sense to me for a few reasons.

Older residents who already own homes in DC are less concerned about making housing and raising a family more affordable. And those older residents are primarily going to be older Black native Washingtonians who already own homes and Gen X/Boomer white people who are either natives or bought homes when they were still affordable to people on normal salaries. Those people are less likely to be pulled toward someone like Janeese Lewis George who is running on more of a hope/change/affordability platform.

Also, McDuffie’s campaign has made transplants their boogeyman. They talk about transplants like rich summer interns, not normal people who have now lived here for decades and call DC home. It doesn’t surprise me that these residents aren’t coming out en masse to support McDuffie.

Mostly though, I think this is simply a generational thing. Of course most transplants are younger — they are the product of the Tony Williams plan. Most came here in their early 20s to work, and now 20 years later, this is their home and they can barely afford to live and raise kids here, even if they make $100K+ and especially if the status quo remains…and McDuffie is running as the status quo candidate. Also, younger people (millennials and Gen Z) are just not as easily scared by the term democratic socialist. We like things like public schools, libraries, and roads without potholes and realize those things are “socialist.”

That’s all I think the polling reveals:

McDuffie’s base is older residents who are worried about change, not seeking change.

Lewis George’s base is younger people (but many now in middle age) who love DC but can’t really afford DC.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://dc.citycast.fm/dc-politics/dc-election-mayor-poll-2026

City Cast put out some fascinating data that is exactly what I was expecting. JLG voters are typically young, White, wealthy transplants and McDuffie has the edge on Black voters and the elderly, and lower income voters.

The polling results make sense to me for a few reasons.

Older residents who already own homes in DC are less concerned about making housing and raising a family more affordable. And those older residents are primarily going to be older Black native Washingtonians who already own homes and Gen X/Boomer white people who are either natives or bought homes when they were still affordable to people on normal salaries. Those people are less likely to be pulled toward someone like Janeese Lewis George who is running on more of a hope/change/affordability platform.

Also, McDuffie’s campaign has made transplants their boogeyman. They talk about transplants like rich summer interns, not normal people who have now lived here for decades and call DC home. It doesn’t surprise me that these residents aren’t coming out en masse to support McDuffie.

Mostly though, I think this is simply a generational thing. Of course most transplants are younger — they are the product of the Tony Williams plan. Most came here in their early 20s to work, and now 20 years later, this is their home and they can barely afford to live and raise kids here, even if they make $100K+ and especially if the status quo remains…and McDuffie is running as the status quo candidate. Also, younger people (millennials and Gen Z) are just not as easily scared by the term democratic socialist. We like things like public schools, libraries, and roads without potholes and realize those things are “socialist.”

That’s all I think the polling reveals:

McDuffie’s base is older residents who are worried about change, not seeking change.

Lewis George’s base is younger people (but many now in middle age) who love DC but can’t really afford DC.

DP, but: no. I'm not afraid of democratic socialism. I'm afraid of street crime and there's a lot of it and it's getting worse. I'm afraid of gangs of feral youth who quite rightly have no fear of repercussions when they're out criming. I care about not having tent cities on every bit of parkland, including public playgrounds. JLG not only doesn't care about QOL issues, she thinks that if you do care about them you're morally suspect. She seems to genuinely believe that the entire problem of crime in DC can be solved by community centers, which is kind of a sweet argument to make when you're 17 but fundamentally wrong w/r/t to human nature. Any time a crime happens in Ward 4 she immediately explains why it wasn't the criminal's fault.

I also think she'd be very hamfisted in any dealings with the current Administration, but fingers crossed we're only one Big Mac away from that not being an issue any more.

McDuffie is much more interested in the lobbying gig he wants after his mayorship than making some grand experiment out of the District, which to be fair is disappointing, just in a predictable way. But I voted for JLG the first time because I didn't want "more of the same" with Brandon Todd and I deeply regret that vote, even though Todd was an uninspiring, self-serving turd.

Maybe ranked-choice voting and Rini Sampath will surprise us all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:https://dc.citycast.fm/dc-politics/dc-election-mayor-poll-2026

City Cast put out some fascinating data that is exactly what I was expecting. JLG voters are typically young, White, wealthy transplants and McDuffie has the edge on Black voters and the elderly, and lower income voters.

The polling results make sense to me for a few reasons.

Older residents who already own homes in DC are less concerned about making housing and raising a family more affordable. And those older residents are primarily going to be older Black native Washingtonians who already own homes and Gen X/Boomer white people who are either natives or bought homes when they were still affordable to people on normal salaries. Those people are less likely to be pulled toward someone like Janeese Lewis George who is running on more of a hope/change/affordability platform.

Also, McDuffie’s campaign has made transplants their boogeyman. They talk about transplants like rich summer interns, not normal people who have now lived here for decades and call DC home. It doesn’t surprise me that these residents aren’t coming out en masse to support McDuffie.

Mostly though, I think this is simply a generational thing. Of course most transplants are younger — they are the product of the Tony Williams plan. Most came here in their early 20s to work, and now 20 years later, this is their home and they can barely afford to live and raise kids here, even if they make $100K+ and especially if the status quo remains…and McDuffie is running as the status quo candidate. Also, younger people (millennials and Gen Z) are just not as easily scared by the term democratic socialist. We like things like public schools, libraries, and roads without potholes and realize those things are “socialist.”

That’s all I think the polling reveals:

McDuffie’s base is older residents who are worried about change, not seeking change.

Lewis George’s base is younger people (but many now in middle age) who love DC but can’t really afford DC.

DP, but: no. I'm not afraid of democratic socialism. I'm afraid of street crime and there's a lot of it and it's getting worse. I'm afraid of gangs of feral youth who quite rightly have no fear of repercussions when they're out criming. I care about not having tent cities on every bit of parkland, including public playgrounds. JLG not only doesn't care about QOL issues, she thinks that if you do care about them you're morally suspect. She seems to genuinely believe that the entire problem of crime in DC can be solved by community centers, which is kind of a sweet argument to make when you're 17 but fundamentally wrong w/r/t to human nature. Any time a crime happens in Ward 4 she immediately explains why it wasn't the criminal's fault.

I also think she'd be very hamfisted in any dealings with the current Administration, but fingers crossed we're only one Big Mac away from that not being an issue any more.

McDuffie is much more interested in the lobbying gig he wants after his mayorship than making some grand experiment out of the District, which to be fair is disappointing, just in a predictable way. But I voted for JLG the first time because I didn't want "more of the same" with Brandon Todd and I deeply regret that vote, even though Todd was an uninspiring, self-serving turd.

Maybe ranked-choice voting and Rini Sampath will surprise us all.

There is no reason to believe McDuffie will be better on crime. The NEAR Act was his grand experiment — it passed a decade ago and arguably made crime worse. He has different talking points today, but no actual plan. At least Lewis George seems to be more upfront about what is and isn’t working.

In terms of the federal government I think if either tries to stand up to the White House they will piss them off. If you think McDuffie won’t piss them off then it’s probably because you think he won’t actually stand up to them. Maybe that’s accurate but it’s not what he’s saying.

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Anonymous wrote:HI, Ward 4 resident here. I will not be voting for Janesee Lewis George. She has been a poor job of representing residents. She's great when things are good. She shows up for the fun events. But when something serious happens? Good luck. This week there have been multiple shooting in the neighborhood,including at an elementary school.

We have heard nothing from JLG. Finally, after being sent emails by our ANC rep and neighborhood association leaders, we got a response. But not from JLG herself. Nope. She had her communication director send a nothing email. No action. Didn't even care enough to send out an email with her name on it.


Maybe Kenyan is just as bad. Please share your thoughts. But I know that JLG doesn't really have ideas about how to fix crime in our neighborhood and, worse, doesn't seem to care.

Kenyan is far worse. I think you all are reacting to the socialist or whatever, but you are going to be even more disappointed by McDuffie. How about we make a statement by not voting for either of them.

McDuffie will meet my expectations, which are not very high. JLG will makes things worse.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If Janeese gets elected you can kiss home rule goodbye.

We’re not getting home rule anyway so dumb argument

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Anonymous wrote:McDuffie seems like the more sensible choice.

I disagree. He is insipid and lackluster. What platform is he even running on? Anti-Janeese platform? He seems to be all about pick me, I’m Bowser 2.0.
Janeese at least has some personality. I’m hopeful that if she wins, Mamdani, Bernie and AOC will help guide her until she finds her footing.

I dunno man, this is exactly the lazy thinking that independents had about Clinton being an uninspired continuation of the Obama administration and hey, at least Trump had some personality, what's the worst that could happen?

As it turns out, electing people with dumb ideas and no desire for good governance is bad!

+1000

Yep. Marion Barry had some personality. How did that work out for the city?

Pretty will until the crack epidemic and Bush recession decimated DC finances.

Yeah, it was Bush's fault the city went bankrupt.

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Anonymous wrote:If Janeese gets elected you can kiss home rule goodbye.

We’re not getting home rule anyway so dumb argument

Uh, we already have it.

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Anonymous wrote:Iif JLG is elected, Trump will likely do a takeover.

JLG it is then!

[Anonymous]

I'm generally happy with whatever is the opposite of what the weirdos on the Washington Post editorial board are pushing. Given the number of hit pieces they've been writing attacking Lewis George I'll probably vote for her.