During the imperial period in China, those who were deemed guilty of worst sins were sometimes sentenced to death in a violent form of murder lingchi. Soldiers – Using sharp blades – separate pieces of flesh from accused until they die. Translated, lingchi means “death by a thousand cuts.”
Maybe democracy will die in the dark, as a journalist Bob Woodward is always suggested. Or maybe the death of democracy comes in sunlight, in a public forum, where everyone can testify. Sometimes knives holders are oligarchs or selected officers who have fallen in corruption. And sometimes there’s blood in the hands of people.
Saturday, San Antonio voters – the seventh largest city in the country – goes to polls to decide on the first open-day race from President Obama’s first term. Or at least some voters.
On November 2024, almost 60% of 1.3 million registered voters in the province put a ballot in the general election. However, at the local election held in the last month, it was about 10% shown in polls. Before starting the shadow of San Antonio, Dallas turns the turnout lower.
Election involved in an “off year” bad. However, the race of San Antonio increases national interest because the result is viewed as a strong resistance to democratic democrats.
Like other major blue cities led to improved red red, St. Antonio’s progressive policies of constant attack from the governor’s mansion. And not the progressive candidate, Gina Ortiz Jones, or his leading against, Rolando Paul, eclipsing 50% of the May vote, the runoff was obtained More than $ 1 million in campaign spending From outside of conservative groups looking to flip the traditional blue wall.
Consequence can give a possible view of 2026 race races in Los Angeles, should The previous Republican Rick Caruso decided to run against Mayor Karen Bass, a Democrat. When the two faced 2022, about 44% of the city’s registered voters went to polls. Caruso lost at least 90,000 votes in a city with 2.1 million registered voters – most of those who do not submit a ballot.
This is amazing how small we are involved in democracy, given the amount of tax dollars we use to convince other countries that our governmental system is the best on the planet. Chapter of President Trump’s Bad Claim In the cheating of the Mass Boter, many local conservative officials attempted RAM by a literary “voter integrity” policies to protect democracy. However democracy is not a gentle flower in the need for protection. This is a muscle that needs to exercise.
“Some people find a task,” Michele Carw, election manager for Bexar County – which includes San Antonio – tell me. “We need to vote easier and more straightforward, fun. And we need to get the bad in their places in our neighborhood.
Carw said the added interests outside the city election overflowed an early vote in a ink and he expected to see a 15% turnout, which was an increase in previous years. It can be worse. The city picking a major with 7% turnout back in 2013. Careew also expresses concern about outside influence outside local handling.
“One of the first times I’ve seen these race races in most 2020, and so go to someone who is chosen to be unable.
In 2024, a year of the presidency election if you expect the highest turnout, 1 of 3 registered voters across the country – nearly 20 million people – look around and say, “I’m fine.” Or something like that.
The highest turnout is in Washington, DC, where almost 80% appear. It’s so bad it’s not a state. Among the lowest arrival rate? Texas – with the second largest number of voters, behind only California.
And here is the problem with trying to extrappate national trends from local elections. Maybe Ortiz Jones will win San Antonio this weekend. Maybe Caruso wins LA next year. None of these tell us how most Americans really feel.
Sure, it’s good to debate the content of the table or at cable news shows, but eventually the sample size of an election of the mayoral election means to a consequence. Turnout during a year is very low.
Something we know for specific American voters using their right to vote once every four years. Oligarchs and rotten officials are bad, but hard for democracy to stay healthy and strong if that is exercise.
