Portland’s first ranked-choice vote elects progressive outsider as mayor

As US electorate moves to right, Oregon city bucks trend and also elects most diverse city council in history, opting for more progressives, and rejected Gonzalez as mayoral candidate. Instead, they chose Keith Wilson, a businessperson who has never before held office and has promised to end unsheltered homelessness in a year.

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/12/portland-mayor-election-keith-wilson

@nursefrombirth We need to stop repeating that the US voters are moving to the right. Most Trump voters wanted to protest against Biden, they do not embrace Trump's ideology.

@MarceloPaezPereda They voted for him whether they embrace his ideology or not. The electorate did indeed move right, no denying that.

@nursefrombirth They voted for Trump because they wanted to punish Biden. A protest vote doesn't mean that the voter is embracing Trump's ideology. It doesn't work like that. If you keep repeating that the voters are moving to the right, it will become a self fulfilling prophecy and there is no need for that to happen.

@MarceloPaezPereda Well, it appears we won't agree on why voters "moved right" for this election, so I'm leaving it alone. But all the excuses won't change the fact that it did. They hate Biden and wanted to punish him, oh my. From what I see, they were more likely trying to punish people like me. America is what it is and always has been.

@nursefrombirth Voting for Trump and moving to the right is not the same thing. It was a protest vote that doesn't mean that they adopted Trump's ideology.

@MarceloPaezPereda Like I said the first time, they embraced enough to vote for him that's all that matters to ME. I don't really care WHY they voted for him, it was a vote against me, so that's that. You do you and I'll do me.

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