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.