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Voting in a "Peoples Republic" Region - NY, CA, Chicago

JBG

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I vote in:

  1. New York's (Federal) 17th Congressional District;
  2. New York's (State) Assembly District 91; and
  3. New York's (State) 37th Senate District
I have effectively one voting choice; the Democratic candidate. One race has a fringe "Reform Party" candidate but that is a detail; they are conspiracy theory specialists. So, just as in a true "Peoples Republic" for many key races, it's a one-party choice. See After Shelley Mayer's big win, GOP backs off NYS Senate battleground. Now none of the incumbent candidates in this case are bad choices. All are dedicated public servants. But an "election" should give the people choices.

In cities such as Chicago, New York, especially in the "Tammany Hall" days, Albany (under the late Mayor Erastus Corning), and other places where one party or the other has a hammerlock, there is a sizeable risk of corruption. In New York State,former Assembly Majority Leader Sheldon Silver (Dem.) and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (GOP) are facing lengthy prison terms. For a long time, state budgets were decided with those two, along with the governor, locked in a closed room.

Elections are necessary for, among other things, accountability. I think this is a travesty.

Even our Governor and U.S. Senate races have only nominal Republican opposition. As of two weeks ago the gubernatorial candidate only had $250,000 in his campaign kitty, see He's Atop the Ballot, Yet Virtually Broke. And G.O.P. Donors Are Not Coming to the Rescue. The Republicans appear to be defaulting on major races. I'm sure the Democrats do likewise. Parties should not yield or default in elections.

It's not healthy for our democracy.
 
I vote in:

  1. New York's (Federal) 17th Congressional District;
  2. New York's (State) Assembly District 91; and
  3. New York's (State) 37th Senate District
I have effectively one voting choice; the Democratic candidate. One race has a fringe "Reform Party" candidate but that is a detail; they are conspiracy theory specialists. So, just as in a true "Peoples Republic" for many key races, it's a one-party choice. See After Shelley Mayer's big win, GOP backs off NYS Senate battleground. Now none of the incumbent candidates in this case are bad choices. All are dedicated public servants. But an "election" should give the people choices.

In cities such as Chicago, New York, especially in the "Tammany Hall" days, Albany (under the late Mayor Erastus Corning), and other places where one party or the other has a hammerlock, there is a sizeable risk of corruption. In New York State,former Assembly Majority Leader Sheldon Silver (Dem.) and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (GOP) are facing lengthy prison terms. For a long time, state budgets were decided with those two, along with the governor, locked in a closed room.

Elections are necessary for, among other things, accountability. I think this is a travesty.

Even our Governor and U.S. Senate races have only nominal Republican opposition. As of two weeks ago the gubernatorial candidate only had $250,000 in his campaign kitty, see He's Atop the Ballot, Yet Virtually Broke. And G.O.P. Donors Are Not Coming to the Rescue. The Republicans appear to be defaulting on major races. I'm sure the Democrats do likewise. Parties should not yield or default in elections.

It's not healthy for our democracy.

Neither are the solid red rural counties down south.
 
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