The Pennsylvania Democrat recalled his time serving as a Hillary Clinton surrogate in 2016, even after he supported Bernie Sanders in the primary.

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    1 year ago

    Or… Maybe your perception of political candidates’ popularity is only what you want to believe.

    Unfathomable that others support who you do not?

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      Not really, we’re dealing with a city that slides between 15~23% voter turn out with a bias towards older voters who previously leaned center/center right. So even if 4 in 10 of the total population dislikes the incumbent, the odds were still in their favor due to self selection and name recognition. For the challenger to get over 30% on the first try shows our previous mayor was already experiencing dissatisfaction from swing voters.

      At least that’s how it was in 2016, as of 2022 we now have a progressive super majority on city council plus the mayor.