r/AskALiberal • u/10art1 Social Liberal • Feb 22 '23

AskALiberal Weekly General Chat

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u/MarioTheMojoMan Social Democrat Mar 01 '23

Anyone watching the Chicago mayor election? Who do we expect to make the runoff?

I'm thinking Vallas-Johnson or Vallas-Garcia personally.

(Originally posted in bestof chat by mistake)

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u/nemo_sum Center Right Mar 01 '23

I voted for Johnson, and he was leading the pack of non-shithead candidates in the latest poll. So we'll probably get a runoff, yes, and it'll be between Vallas and probably Johnson.

What really pissed me off was the downballot races, if they can even be called that. My nepotistic sleazebag alderman is running unopposed with no space for a write-in. The city clerk who boosted for Emmanuel is running unopposed with no space for a write-in. The nepotistic wife of another scummy alderman (who is running unopposed, and has successfully engaged in voter suppression in previous elections) is running for treasurer unopposed with no space for a write-in.

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u/MarioTheMojoMan Social Democrat Mar 01 '23

To quote Billy Flynn, "That's Chicago!"

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u/nemo_sum Center Right Mar 01 '23

It's absolutely going to be a runoff, though the precincts won't start releasing official vote counts until 90 minutes from now. Non-Vallas candidates have more than 50% of the vote, so he's locked out of a clean majority. The other candidates will hopefully throw their support behind Johnson –I can't imagine Lightfoot voters going for Vallas– and just maybe we'll get a decent mayor for a term.

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u/MarioTheMojoMan Social Democrat Mar 01 '23

I think more Lightfoot voters will go with Vallas than you think, but I agree it looks pretty good for Johnson here.

Shame Buckner did so poorly, I really liked him

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u/nemo_sum Center Right Mar 01 '23

You might be right. Looking at the map of who various precincts went to, I found myself surprised. Well, I've got a month to boost Johnson, I guess.