▲ 191 ▼ In stunning vote, California's reddest county chooses Bay Area Democrat (www.sfgate.com) submitted 2 months ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/politics@lemmy.world 16 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] adespoton@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago (2 children) Kind of a misleading headline; the county didn’t get to choose anyone. Marin county chose and they were a rounding error. It’s a shame actually, because rural counties do have an important voice that will now get ignored in CA. Of course, that voice voted for current republica when they could have voted independent, so they voted for this. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 11 points 2 months ago (2 children) It’s a shame actually, because rural counties do have an important voice that will now get ignored in CA. I'd like to point out that this is not inherent. A representative could and should still focus on hearing what they want, even if they're not a large voting bloc. Reality is of course a different place, but some reps do go out of their way to ensure they hear from every area they represent, like they're supposed to. The fact so many do not at all is a critique on the type of people that generally run for office. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] scutiger@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago Republicans in particular have been cutting back as they didn't want to get yelled at by their constituents for harming them. permalink fedilink source parent [–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 1 point 2 months ago We can safely ignore a few thousand cattle ranchers permalink fedilink source parent [–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 months ago This is all countering Texas's bullshit. Every single republican voted for exactly this if they voted for Trump. They wanted this, they just didn't realize their voices were the ones that would be drowned out. What a bunch of fucking dumbasses. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] halcyoncmdr@piefed.social 11 points 2 months ago (2 children) It’s a shame actually, because rural counties do have an important voice that will now get ignored in CA. I'd like to point out that this is not inherent. A representative could and should still focus on hearing what they want, even if they're not a large voting bloc. Reality is of course a different place, but some reps do go out of their way to ensure they hear from every area they represent, like they're supposed to. The fact so many do not at all is a critique on the type of people that generally run for office. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] scutiger@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago Republicans in particular have been cutting back as they didn't want to get yelled at by their constituents for harming them. permalink fedilink source parent [–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 1 point 2 months ago We can safely ignore a few thousand cattle ranchers permalink fedilink source parent
[–] scutiger@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago Republicans in particular have been cutting back as they didn't want to get yelled at by their constituents for harming them. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] fluffykittycat@slrpnk.net 1 point 2 months ago We can safely ignore a few thousand cattle ranchers permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 1 point 2 months ago This is all countering Texas's bullshit. Every single republican voted for exactly this if they voted for Trump. They wanted this, they just didn't realize their voices were the ones that would be drowned out. What a bunch of fucking dumbasses. permalink fedilink source parent