Young socialist defeats New York's Democratic establishment
By Emily Clark and Carrington Clarke
It was a primary race that pitted competing visions for the Democratic Party against one another, and in the end, the New York progressives emerged victorious. They now believe they have the momentum to change their party.
#WorldPolitics #LocalGovernment #LocalElections #EmilyClark #CarringtonClarke
Bristol parents waiting a year for SEND assessments as budget cuts drive up demand
In February just one per cent of plans were finalised within a 20-week legal time limitAn education, health…
#Bristol #UnitedKingdom #UK #GB #England #Headlines #News #Europe #EU #BristolCityCouncil #Britain #Education #GreatBritain #LabourParty #LocalElections #Politics #TheBudget
https://www.europesays.com/uk/207488/
Kim Sung-won, a three-term People Power Party lawmaker, has declared his candidacy for floor leader, vowing to win back metropolitan voters and end party factionalism ahead of next year's local elections.
#YonhapInfomax #KimSungWon #PeoplePowerParty #FloorLeader #LocalElections #FactionalConflict #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=67231
Former Daegu Mayor Hong Joon-pyo warned that the People Power Party could dissolve ahead of local elections, blaming internal strife and loss of public trust, but denying responsibility for the party's decline.
#YonhapInfomax #HongJoonPyo #PeoplePowerParty #LocalElections #LeeJunSeok #PartyDissolution #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=66016
As in the Netherlands, voters drawn to Farage’s far-right Reform UK company will soon realise: the cost of living won’t be solved by headlines, scapegoats or shouting at the clouds.
#ReformUK #ByElections #UKPolitics #CostOfLivingCrisis #Farage #LocalElections #LibDems #Labour #Conservatives
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Another month … another series of local elections in the U.S. @bolts’s @taniel has once again detailed which 40 we should be watching, from high-profile contests like the New York City mayor and New Jersey governor primaries, to a ballot measure on book bans in a California city.
#NewYorkMayor #NewJerseyGovernor #BookBans #Elections #LocalElections #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
On Tuesday, Larry Krasner easily won the Democratic primary ahead of a November election that could see him win a third term as district attorney of Philadelphia. @bolts’s @taniel writes about Krasner’s role as one of a number of progressive prosecutors across the United States, the opposition he faced from everyone from Elon Musk to the city’s Democratic Party, and why he continues to be supported across Philadelphia.
https://boltsmag.org/larry-krasner-wins-philadelphia-primary/
#Pennsylvania #Philadelphia #LarryKrasner #ProgressivePolitics #Law #Elections #LocalElections #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
@bolts is the best magazine for keeping your eye on America’s local politics, and possibly detecting if a shift is happening (were we the only ones glued to the Omaha, NE mayoral elections earlier this week)? Alex Burness writes about judge elections in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, where a “slate of eight” progressive-endorsed candidates are running. Their supporters hope that the prospective judges, who come from public defender, social work and civil rights backgrounds, will have more understanding of the issues faced by criminal defendants. Check out the second list for @taniel’s list of elections to watch in May.
https://boltsmag.org/allegheny-county-judge-elections-2025/
https://boltsmag.org/whats-on-the-ballot/guide-to-elections-in-may-2025/
#Pennsylvania #Philadelphia #PrisonReform #Law #Elections #LocalElections #Newstodon #NewstodonFriday #FollowFriday
Greater Manchester's second Reform councillor questions the integrity of the election he won
Just seen the data from last week’s #localelections for English county councils
Not only did #greenparty hold our 3 seats in #malvern with massively increased majorities but, looking at total votes cast aggregated across the Malvern Hills District, #greens won most votes, with 26.94% of all votes cast
Yup, not only beat the #Tories & trounced the #redtories (7.69%) but also beat the so-called winners of these elections, #ReformUK & #libdems 👏👏👏
Upon watching The Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, on #BBCLauraK and #TrevorPhillips I see now how Labour have learnt absolutely nothing from the #Localelections and are determined to continue the same stupid path and try and out do #Reform because they think this this is what the public wants.
It isn't. What the public wanted from Labour was best exemplified by this lady on Thursday's ##BbcQuestionTime
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The two-party oligopoly in British politics is breaking apart at the seams
Hannah Bunting: https://theconversation.com/uk-local-elections-delivered-record-breaking-fragmentation-of-the-vote-255841
#localElections #elections #farRight #Britain #GreatBritain #uk #data #dataViz #England #Scotland #ConservativeParty #LabourParty #Conservatives #Labour #Tories
At very busy garden centre, first thing today. Looked around, and I realised a sizeable proportion of the mainly older people there blithely voted for a protofascist party in VE week. I suspect they think their parents and grandparents would have approved, conflating patriotism with nationalism. Heigh ho...
In summary, #Reform did best in what has sometimes been characterised in the wake of the #Brexit referendum as 'left-behind' #Britain – places that have profited less from #globalisation and #university expansion and where a more #conservative outlook on #immigration is more common."
BBC News: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yg467m8mjo
BBC News - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yg467m8mjo
Sir John Curtice: The map that reveals the extent of Reform's triumph - BBC News
"There doesn’t seem to be any understanding of the deep-seated emotion in the reaction of Labour supporters to the party’s behaviour in government over the past 10 months. There used to be talk of the need for emotional literacy in politics. What we are witnessing is a staggering level of emotional illiteracy"
John McDonnell in a righteous rant.
It's ELECTION DAY, Texas! Get thee to the polls, every election, every time. #GOTV #Texas #Elections #LocalElections
Eager to know who won the local elections in your area? Check out these maps and charts by @bbcnews: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd925jk27k0o. Photo: Getty Images. #BBC #LocalElections #UK #ReformUK #Labour #Farage #Runcorn #Conservatives #ukpol #ukpolitics
Our local election results are in
Our local council has switched to Lib Dem control (good) but our ward (local area) now has one of the swivel-eyed-loonies from reform which is disappointing. Not that I expect them do anything but make noise
The national result of reform gains is scary because so many people seem happy to vote far right
Nobody likes a Tory. Everyone hates Starmer. The next General Election will be important
When Kent becomes a unitary authority these same people are going to vote for a hugely powerful mayor.
God Help Us.
#localelections #mayoralelections #kent #ReformUK
