Queen_HawlSeraNov 15, 2024
Prof. Sam Lawler

I was too traumatized by the US election and the Sask election results to even look up the tiny local elections that I just voted in here.

But I finally did, and I'm happy to see the anti-queer candidate in my school subdivision lost!

Plus, my very nice neighbour who we buy straw from every year won our rural municipality ward election! ...With 40 votes. Not *by* 40 votes, *with* 40 votes.

Rural politics is weird.

Nov 15, 2024 at 1:33pmWeb
Show threadSisyphus with a HatNov 15, 2024
@sundogplanets Yes, our city election in Saskatoon is the best election in terms of results I have followed (and participated in) for a long time.
Show threadArthur DentNov 15, 2024
@sundogplanets
At least some small good news.
Thanx for that!
Show threadStephen Bannasch (316 ppm)Nov 15, 2024
@sundogplanets in our little town we had an 80% turnout and Mr Orange got just 14%
Show threadKnittingMittens (She/Her)Nov 15, 2024
@sundogplanets Our local elections went so much better than the presidential election! The last few years I have made an effort to research the local partisan and non-partisan elections very carefully. I used to just randomly pick city council members! 😬
Show threadMemphisDaPlaya 🎲🎲Nov 15, 2024

@sundogplanets

Those local elections many people ignore are more important than national elections in many ways.

You actually know and live near your representative. You can express your opinions and concerns directly.

Show threadJacobRPG❌👑Nov 15, 2024
@sundogplanets I was looking at a rural local race yesterday that had something like 82 total votes.
Show threadPeggy Heinkel-WolfeNov 15, 2024
@sundogplanets I covered small towns for 15 years at a regional paper. People in small towns are connected in multiple ways and imho it helps know better who to trust. When I wrote the stories about local races I kept that in mind, letting readers know where they could hear the candidates debate, or breaking down their campaign finance reports. I had no business ‘interpreting’ the race for them. There are so many interlopers between us and national candidates, it makes its own set of problems
Show threadColin from Edinburgh.Nov 15, 2024

@sundogplanets
It was very difficult to decide who to #Vote for in last week's #US #Election

#Donald #Trump stood on the platform of #Making #America #Great #Again and building an economy so strong that it would make you #Puke and send you to the ER.

#Kamala #Harris stood on the platform of "I'm not Trump!"

#USA #Politics #Democrats #Republicans #Democracy #Oligarchy #Absurdity

Show threadCat WestNov 15, 2024
@photoncollector @sundogplanets Clearly, you are an ass. Don’t worry, I blocked you.
Show threadKit BashirNov 15, 2024
@sundogplanets we (.au) just had a local election in our most populous state where the main conservative party forgot to submit their paperwork on time and so a whole hunk of regional councils turned progressive with candidates elected unopposed.
Show threadPeterNov 16, 2024

@sundogplanets #ruralpolitics is definitely weird. Many moons ago I ran for the Parish Council. The were 5 candidates chasing 4 seats so voters got 4 votes each. I told my supporters to vote *only* for me.

I won with about 150 votes IIRC.
It was close: had my supporters' unused votes been shared among the other candidates, I would not have won.

I was branded a communist for using this tactic.