Funny how everything’s gone left

[n2doc]

By Danny Westneat

The election isn’t for 10 days, but we can already declare the big winner in Seattle.

It’s the socialist.

Kshama Sawant, the first socialist to make the finals of a Seattle election in 22 years, probably won’t win election herself. But what’s most notable about Seattle politics this year is that nearly her entire agenda has, over the course of the campaign, been embraced by both candidates for mayor to lead the Northwest’s largest city.

The movement in Sawant’s lefty direction has been so pronounced it has reduced her to making jokes about how she got there first.

“I was for the $15 minimum wage before it was cool,” she has started saying.

Sawant is running for City Council under the socialist Alternative banner. But if you tick through her stances and goals, they are pretty much indistinguishable from those of current Mayor Mike McGinn or his challenger, state Sen. Ed Murray.

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http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2022131936_westneat27xml.html

Seattle as leading indicator? I like it!

[Uncle Joe]

1. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, n2doc.

[socialist_n_TN]

2. This relates to a potential lefty challenger in ANY election........

Sometimes you don't run to necessarily win. Sometimes you run to get your agenda before the electorate.

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. Well...then