Anonymous wrote:More people voted for Brooke Pinto, running unopposed, than cast votes in the entirety of Ward 8. The new council member from Ward 7 will be elected with only 22.9 percent of the vote. There are approximately 45,000 registered Democrats in Ward 4. Only about 27 percent of them cast ballots in that race.

Never underestimate the apathy of DC residents, which leads to the cast of mediocrities that populate its political offices.

Very low turnout for the election that decides who's going to be running the city*. The few people who show up reflexively voting for incumbents. Seems about par for the course for D.C. When I used to work the polls, the few people who bothered showing up to vote largely didn't even know who was running.

If you want to see why the city is the way it is - ask people how many Councilmembers they can name. Ask who was running in the last competitive Council elections they voted on (At-Large, Chair, their Ward), and why they chose who they did (of the few who even bothered showing up).

This city is full of people who watch national politics 24/7 but can't be bothered to spend 5 minutes reading up on races where their votes actually matter. Screaming about "Taxation Without Representation!", completely ignoring the representatives they can actually vote for.

*Outside of 2 At-Large seats.

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Anonymous wrote:Every incumbent will return.

Total waste of time and money.

Are you new here? We desperately need to reform our political structures.

If anything, the W7 results scream for DC to adopt Ranked Choice Voting. 23 percent of the vote for a 4 year term is not great

Why? The moderate and experienced candidate endorsed by everyone beat the wild eyed herbalist. Do you want RCV so the inexperienced herbalist wins?

T. White got an outright majority. Ugh. Can't even blame lack of RCV for that one.

More people voted for Brooke Pinto, running unopposed, than cast votes in the entirety of Ward 8. The new council member from Ward 7 will be elected with only 22.9 percent of the vote. There are approximately 45,000 registered Democrats in Ward 4. Only about 27 percent of them cast ballots in that race.

Never underestimate the apathy of DC residents, which leads to the cast of mediocrities that populate its political offices.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every incumbent will return.

Total waste of time and money.

Are you new here? We desperately need to reform our political structures.

If anything, the W7 results scream for DC to adopt Ranked Choice Voting. 23 percent of the vote for a 4 year term is not great

This. IRV will help moderate the landscape.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every incumbent will return.

Total waste of time and money.

Are you new here? We desperately need to reform our political structures.

If anything, the W7 results scream for DC to adopt Ranked Choice Voting. 23 percent of the vote for a 4 year term is not great

Totally agree. Especially when the top 3 candidates are so close in votes. I'm super disappointed that W8 did not replace White. Its a shame they had 2 people running against him that split the vote. DC politics is just such a disappointment.

Sunk cost fallacy.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every incumbent will return.

Total waste of time and money.

Are you new here? We desperately need to reform our political structures.

If anything, the W7 results scream for DC to adopt Ranked Choice Voting. 23 percent of the vote for a 4 year term is not great

It was a primary. Ranked choice doesn't do much in a single party jurisdiction. The underlying problem is that whomever wins the Democratic primary is virtually guaranteed to win the general election. A general election should not be a mere formality.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Every incumbent will return.

Total waste of time and money.

Are you new here? We desperately need to reform our political structures.

If anything, the W7 results scream for DC to adopt Ranked Choice Voting. 23 percent of the vote for a 4 year term is not great

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Anonymous wrote:Kiss our asses, cowardly suburbanites.

Yes, everyone should just be more brave about the out of control crime.

Lol. Concern troll elsewhere you've been exposed by yesterday's results in W4

Anonymous wrote:Every incumbent will return.

Total waste of time and money.

Are you new here? We desperately need to reform our political structures.

Anonymous wrote:Kiss our asses, cowardly suburbanites.

Yes, everyone should just be more brave about the out of control crime.

Kiss our asses, cowardly suburbanites.

So inept. What a bunch of absolute morons.

Every incumbent will return.

Total waste of time and money.