Anonymous wrote:Op here:
technically, our HHI is over $300K, but we’re not a married family. No, not a “throuple” either, but it’s me (32/F/white) my partner (34, M, Asian), and another friend (32, non-binary, biracial) that are interested in group living. The real estate market is one thing but the specific thing I’m asking about here is the political vibe. We’re all just really idealistic and focused on locally making a difference.

I acknowledge that national politics is complicated if not hopeless for a left leaning person. We do vote strategically. But I’d be interested in where there is most likely to be locally progressive governance and people willing to build on those ideas. It’s looking like mostly the Maryland suburbs?

But yes, I’m generally of the mind that I’d like to vote as far left as possible locally and then settle for moderates federally.

Also, who are the most left wing elected officials in the area? I’m relatively new here. I need to read up on individual candidates and electeds, but that’s hard to do because there are no unbiased sources (blogs funded by real estate developers, for example, elevate candidates that favor more gentrification and pushing poor people out with luxury high rises, the WaPo favors pro-corporate candidates….) I generally focus on specific issues such as reducing emissions and anti-poverty initiatives.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here:
technically, our HHI is over $300K, but we’re not a married family. No, not a “throuple” either, but it’s me (32/F/white) my partner (34, M, Asian), and another friend (32, non-binary, biracial) that are interested in group living. The real estate market is one thing but the specific thing I’m asking about here is the political vibe. We’re all just really idealistic and focused on locally making a difference.

I acknowledge that national politics is complicated if not hopeless for a left leaning person. We do vote strategically. But I’d be interested in where there is most likely to be locally progressive governance and people willing to build on those ideas. It’s looking like mostly the Maryland suburbs?

But yes, I’m generally of the mind that I’d like to vote as far left as possible locally and then settle for moderates federally.

Also, who are the most left wing elected officials in the area? I’m relatively new here. I need to read up on individual candidates and electeds, but that’s hard to do because there are no unbiased sources (blogs funded by real estate developers, for example, elevate candidates that favor more gentrification and pushing poor people out with luxury high rises, the WaPo favors pro-corporate candidates….) I generally focus on specific issues such as reducing emissions and anti-poverty initiatives.

I am super curious how that works. Are you in some sort of open relationship between three of you?

Anonymous wrote:Op here:
technically, our HHI is over $300K, but we’re not a married family. No, not a “throuple” either, but it’s me (32/F/white) my partner (34, M, Asian), and another friend (32, non-binary, biracial) that are interested in group living. The real estate market is one thing but the specific thing I’m asking about here is the political vibe. We’re all just really idealistic and focused on locally making a difference.

I acknowledge that national politics is complicated if not hopeless for a left leaning person. We do vote strategically. But I’d be interested in where there is most likely to be locally progressive governance and people willing to build on those ideas. It’s looking like mostly the Maryland suburbs?

But yes, I’m generally of the mind that I’d like to vote as far left as possible locally and then settle for moderates federally.

Also, who are the most left wing elected officials in the area? I’m relatively new here. I need to read up on individual candidates and electeds, but that’s hard to do because there are no unbiased sources (blogs funded by real estate developers, for example, elevate candidates that favor more gentrification and pushing poor people out with luxury high rises, the WaPo favors pro-corporate candidates….) I generally focus on specific issues such as reducing emissions and anti-poverty initiatives.

Anonymous wrote:Bethesda? That's where I live
My aunt also lives there and their entire family is hard-core lefty.

However, we're not rude about it. We know to rein it in in conversation. My best friend is a more centrist sort of Democrat.

Also, I'm not going to cut off my nose to spite my face: I realize that if Democrats want to have any chance of preserving their House and Senate majority, they need to steal moderates away from the GOP and persuade them that the right wants to take away their freedoms: Freedom to use their bodies as they see fit, and freedom to use public spaces without dying in a mass shooting. Newsom of California is airing ads on Fox News that talks about exactly that.

Stay on message if you want to help, OP.