The voters of one of America's bluest cities have kicked far left politicians to the curb, as crime, including violent crime, have skyrocketed behind*years of soft-on-crime nonsense from the fantasyland left.
How Seattle voters ditched far-left local officials.
Seattle's liberal city council shifted toward the political center as voters opted to elect mostly new candidates after crime, homelessness, and drug use surged in the city.
Crime is up in one of the country's bluest cities, and local 2023 elections indicated voters may be fed up with Democratic leadership. The Seattle Police Department released data showing there have been 53 homicides in 2023, already higher than last year. The homeless population in Seattle and King County rose around 12% from 2020 to 2022, according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development's yearly homelessness assessment.
While official results have not been posted from last Tuesday's election, four newcomers, two incumbents, and one member who was not up for a vote will sit on the council next year ahead of the last batch of ballots.
The council will be made up of at least four new centrist members who ran on anti-crime platforms. A former lawyer for Meta, Rob Saka of District 1, defeated Maren Costa, a climate activist and former Amazon employee. Saka has strong stances on public safety and policing and frequently blasted Costa on the campaign trail for backing plans to defund the police in 2020 and then changing her stance.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...p&cvid=40a31e43c8634463930d7832d38cf8ec&ei=10
How Seattle voters ditched far-left local officials.
Seattle's liberal city council shifted toward the political center as voters opted to elect mostly new candidates after crime, homelessness, and drug use surged in the city.
Crime is up in one of the country's bluest cities, and local 2023 elections indicated voters may be fed up with Democratic leadership. The Seattle Police Department released data showing there have been 53 homicides in 2023, already higher than last year. The homeless population in Seattle and King County rose around 12% from 2020 to 2022, according to the Department of Housing and Urban Development's yearly homelessness assessment.
While official results have not been posted from last Tuesday's election, four newcomers, two incumbents, and one member who was not up for a vote will sit on the council next year ahead of the last batch of ballots.
The council will be made up of at least four new centrist members who ran on anti-crime platforms. A former lawyer for Meta, Rob Saka of District 1, defeated Maren Costa, a climate activist and former Amazon employee. Saka has strong stances on public safety and policing and frequently blasted Costa on the campaign trail for backing plans to defund the police in 2020 and then changing her stance.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/worl...p&cvid=40a31e43c8634463930d7832d38cf8ec&ei=10
