Chicago Mayor Loses

For John, BLUF:  Chicago is a democrat party strongehold nd Ms Lightfoot's loss should be a bit of a shock.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Even After a Historic Landslide Defeat, Lori Lightfoot Doesn’t Seem to Realize It Was All About the Crime

From The Truth About Guns, by Mr Larry Keane, 3 March 2023.

Here is the lede plus two:

Chicago’s incumbent Mayor Lori Lightfoot just lost in a landslide.  She came in third place and barely received 17 percent of the vote from Chicago voters – 83 percent chose someone else.  That means she’ll miss out on a top-two run-off election in April and become the first Chicago mayor in 40 years to lose reelection.

The mayor has only herself to blame.  Voters were pleading for her to get tough on criminals.  Instead, she spent time and taxpayer dollars making cringeworthy videos on Chinese Communist Party-owned TikTok.

She ignored her employers and now she’s out of a job.

Later the article says:

In the lead up to the election, 44 percent of voters said crime and public safety were their top issues.  The second-place issue, jobs, came in at 13 percent, far behind safety.  Two-thirds of voters said they personally don’t feel safe and half of voters said they were going to cast their ballot for a candidate who would get tough on criminals.  No surprises Mayor Lightfoot lost given those numbers.  A brief history shows why.

While I don't yet know if this is a trend, but if it is, it is bad news for Democrats and the "Defund the Police" movement.

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff