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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lazere looks like he's going to finish fifth, behind both Orange and Goodwin, even with a comparatively big campaign war chest and his much-trumpeted hundreds of endorsements from (mostly white) groups. Perhaps now we can put to rest the notion that he's a viable candidate for anything. After getting clobbered by Mendo two years ago, his best hope was to sneak in thanks to a crowded field, and he flopped.

Lazere's utter failure -- I saw he barely drew 5 percent of the vote in Wards 7/8 -- should serve as a warning sign to Charles Allen, who clearly has his eyes on the mayor's job. Given the choice, a sizable bulk of DC is going to vote for literally anyone (Vincent Orange!) over a white male, no matter how liberal he is.

Lazere's failure also illustrates the chasm in DC between the traditional Black Democratic core of voters -- who think "defund the police" is a bad idea and don't particularly care if bike lanes are ever built in their neighborhoods -- and the ultra-left White population that is loud on Twitter but simply still not an electoral force in DC, at least not as big as a force as they would lead you to believe.[/quote]

Lazere drew 4 percent in Ward 7 and 2 percent in Ward 8. He was the ultimate "white liberal bubble" candidate.

Those numbers probably terrify Charles Allen moving forward. His and Lazere's politics are almost exactly the same, as are his chances of winning votes EOTR in a District-wide race.[/quote]

That’s not how to read the numbers.  Lazere drew 12 percent citywide and Henderson won with only 15 percent.

Lazere’s base would not be Ward 8 just like Orange’s base isn’t Ward 3.
But Lazere can get votes in those wards.

What I’ve heard from progressives is they wanted a candidate of color and liked Christina Henderson.

You may be right Charles Allen may get the short end of the stick on future mayors’ runs.  But Janeese Lewis George or Karl Racine could win those races.
Unfortunately, four years of white people voting for Trump and harming the country has really turned a lot of people against white people.  It’s sad, but as a white person myself, we have to own it.  People like Trump and Miller and McConnell and the 99% white GOP have really made people angry.

It’s not policies — Henderson and Lewis George are progressive.  We’re going to end up with a much more progressive mayor in the next race.  Good.[/quote]

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