Most disliked local politician, according to DCUM?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I disagree with your premise, but I definitely agree that people on this site think they're above their neighbors.

Generally curious, have you ever actually talked to the people around you about D.C. elections? I wouldn't be surprised if the answer is greater than 95% who can't name all 13 Councilmembers. I used to do a lot of political work, so I'd ask my family and friends in the days after an election who they voted for. Almost invariably, once people got past the mayor and their ward councilmembers, they started forgetting names. If you can't recall the at-large members and the attorney general you just voted for, I doubt you're going to know the councilmembers from other wards.

Now, maybe the people around me just happen to all be much more disconnected from local politics than the typical D.C. resident. Except, no, this is a group of people that actually voted in D.C. primaries, which puts them well above the norm. the DCBOE has scrubbed all elections results post 2008 for some weird reason, but you can see the 2008 primary turnout was only 14% for Democrats:

https://www.dcboe.org/PDFFiles/Primary_08_Certified_Results_Summary.pdf

A little less for Republicans. 5% for statehood Greens. Turnout is somewhat higher now - it was 18.7% in 2018 (again, I can't easily look up the most recent numbers because DCBOE took them down). But people who bother to vote in primaries are a minority of people who pay much more attention to D.C. politics than the norm. And if you bother talking to them, they struggle to even remember the names of the people they voted for, to say nothing of councilmembers from other wards.

So 95% is probably generous. I wouldn't be surprised if it's closer to 98% of D.C. residents who can't name all 13 councilmembers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I disagree with your premise, but I definitely agree that people on this site think they're above their neighbors.

Generally curious, have you ever actually talked to the people around you about D.C. elections? I wouldn't be surprised if the answer is greater than 95% who can't name all 13 Councilmembers. I used to do a lot of political work, so I'd ask my family and friends in the days after an election who they voted for. Almost invariably, once people got past the mayor and their ward councilmembers, they started forgetting names. If you can't recall the at-large members and the attorney general you just voted for, I doubt you're going to know the councilmembers from other wards.

Now, maybe the people around me just happen to all be much more disconnected from local politics than the typical D.C. resident. Except, no, this is a group of people that actually voted in D.C. primaries, which puts them well above the norm. the DCBOE has scrubbed all elections results post 2008 for some weird reason, but you can see the 2008 primary turnout was only 14% for Democrats:

https://www.dcboe.org/PDFFiles/Primary_08_Certified_Results_Summary.pdf

A little less for Republicans. 5% for statehood Greens. Turnout is somewhat higher now - it was 18.7% in 2018 (again, I can't easily look up the most recent numbers because DCBOE took them down). But people who bother to vote in primaries are a minority of people who pay much more attention to D.C. politics than the norm. And if you bother talking to them, they struggle to even remember the names of the people they voted for, to say nothing of councilmembers from other wards.

So 95% is probably generous. I wouldn't be surprised if it's closer to 98% of D.C. residents who can't name all 13 councilmembers.

Maybe, but go back to JLG v what happened with Silverman. I bet a lot more people know they're ward cm, which is why I think it's unlikely that she'll be unseated rather than an AL cm

[Anonymous]

Y’all are hilarious. You live in one of the most liberal areas in the country. All of these politicians could put ‘voted most hated politician by the anonymous right wing crybabies of DCUM’ on their campaign ads and win in a landslide

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Y’all are hilarious. You live in one of the most liberal areas in the country. All of these politicians could put ‘voted most hated politician by the anonymous right wing crybabies of DCUM’ on their campaign ads and win in a landslide

Sure worked for Elissa Silverman.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is it Charles Allen, Marc Elrich, or Kristin Mink?

Don’t follow NoVa politics that much, but there seems to be no love lost for Justin Wilson or Buta Biberaj.

Juan Pablo Segura, carpetbagger extraordinaire

He's so gross but out in Virginia, the most hates is politician of old LaRock. Nuttier than a jar of Skippy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:All politics is local so for me it is catch and release CA Descano who does everything he can to make the streets less safe. He would be tied with the entire FCPS school board who are collectively working to dumb down a generation of kids in the name of equity.

Your post makes it so clear who and what you are. Yuck. You are a dinosaur and more than likely racist.

[Anonymous]

Hans Riemer for the win.

[Anonymous]

Silverman (defeated and washed up)
Bowser (under investigation; finished)
Allen (hopefully defeated soon)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Y’all are hilarious. You live in one of the most liberal areas in the country. All of these politicians could put ‘voted most hated politician by the anonymous right wing crybabies of DCUM’ on their campaign ads and win in a landslide

Liberal?

We prefer either “progressive” or “neo-liberal,” thank you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I disagree with your premise, but I definitely agree that people on this site think they're above their neighbors.

Generally curious, have you ever actually talked to the people around you about D.C. elections? I wouldn't be surprised if the answer is greater than 95% who can't name all 13 Councilmembers. I used to do a lot of political work, so I'd ask my family and friends in the days after an election who they voted for. Almost invariably, once people got past the mayor and their ward councilmembers, they started forgetting names. If you can't recall the at-large members and the attorney general you just voted for, I doubt you're going to know the councilmembers from other wards.

Now, maybe the people around me just happen to all be much more disconnected from local politics than the typical D.C. resident. Except, no, this is a group of people that actually voted in D.C. primaries, which puts them well above the norm. the DCBOE has scrubbed all elections results post 2008 for some weird reason, but you can see the 2008 primary turnout was only 14% for Democrats:

https://www.dcboe.org/PDFFiles/Primary_08_Certified_Results_Summary.pdf

A little less for Republicans. 5% for statehood Greens. Turnout is somewhat higher now - it was 18.7% in 2018 (again, I can't easily look up the most recent numbers because DCBOE took them down). But people who bother to vote in primaries are a minority of people who pay much more attention to D.C. politics than the norm. And if you bother talking to them, they struggle to even remember the names of the people they voted for, to say nothing of councilmembers from other wards.

So 95% is probably generous. I wouldn't be surprised if it's closer to 98% of D.C. residents who can't name all 13 councilmembers.

PP - if you are going back to 2008, more than 1/3 of the adult residents of D.C. could not read. Ie - illiterate.

The rate of adult illiteracy District-wide that year was 36%. In some wards, including ward 8, it was well over 40%.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Silverman (defeated and washed up)
Bowser (under investigation; finished)
Allen (hopefully defeated soon)

You really demonstrate your cluelessness by proclaiming the mayor "finished." I hate the mayor and she's going nowhere. She was just re-elected and totally controls the DC Democratic Party apparatus. Try again in 2 years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PP - if you are going back to 2008, more than 1/3 of the adult residents of D.C. could not read. Ie - illiterate.

The rate of adult illiteracy District-wide that year was 36%. In some wards, including ward 8, it was well over 40%.

I mean, that seems to be more evidence that people here are likely vastly more informed about local politics than the average D.C. resident.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Silverman (defeated and washed up)
Bowser (under investigation; finished)
Allen (hopefully defeated soon)

You really demonstrate your cluelessness by proclaiming the mayor "finished." I hate the mayor and she's going nowhere. She was just re-elected and totally controls the DC Democratic Party apparatus. Try again in 2 years.

The FBI/DOJ investigation into DMPED’s dealings with DC developers is accelerating. It’s hard to see Bowser avoiding it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Silverman (defeated and washed up)
Bowser (under investigation; finished)
Allen (hopefully defeated soon)

You really demonstrate your cluelessness by proclaiming the mayor "finished." I hate the mayor and she's going nowhere. She was just re-elected and totally controls the DC Democratic Party apparatus. Try again in 2 years.

The FBI/DOJ investigation into DMPED’s dealings with DC developers is accelerating. It’s hard to see Bowser avoiding it.

It's adorable that you think people will care. DC had a mayor who was filmed smoking crack and got reelected.

Truth is, there is no viable candidate who could beat Bowser right now. There's no one on the Council, and Bowser would tee off on Racine's dismal record on crime if he chose to mount a challenge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hans Riemer for the win.

Wow, he was uniquely awful.