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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]More like term-limited by politicians who otherwise couldn't keep him out of office [i]because[/i] his constituents kept voting him in.  Many at the polls don't make the connection between an abstract idea, like term limits, and the effect, like term-limiting the County Executive position without grandfathering in prior periods of service meaning that the candidates for that office at the next election may well be less desirable than the incumbent one had preferred to that point.

Honestly, the way the prior post is written, "term-limited [i]by his constituents[/i]" sounds like a shill for Friedson, trying to cast a shade at his opponent, Jawando, whom Elrich decided to support, instead.[/quote]

No. 68% of the voters in the county approved that referendum to kick him out after two terms. 68%

Elrich historically only wins by a tiny plurality. That's why we need rank choice voting so these crappy primaries give us what the people truly want.

404,000 registered democrats in MoCo in 2022.
143,000 voted in 2022 primary.
55,000 voted for Elrich.

People don't like Elrich. 
The system does.

Those who are registered unaffiliated (independent) and actually care about who runs this county, need to switch to Democrat for the primary and vote. 
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Maryland voting totaled more than 50% of those eligible in exactly one non-presidential [i]general[i] election since the turn of the century.  Getting over a third of the constituency to vote in the 2022 [i]primary[/i] likely is pretty high in relation to comparable years.  And I would not be surprised if there was disproportionate representation among those voters of those supporting the challengers (when compared to the whole body of registered Dems), as they tended to represent more concentrated interests of the moment.

Still, fewer voted for David Blair.  Many, many fewer voted for Hans Reimer.  Elrich had 20+ times as many vote for him as voted for Peter James.  People didn't like what [i]they[/i] represented.

I think ranked-choice instant-runoff until a majority is reached would be good (and better as open, if that election mechanism was supported with public resources), but I bet that majority would have accrued to Elrich.[/quote]

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