Nov. Elections Give Dems Hope In 2018
posted by Dominque Elliott | November 29, 2017 | In NewsIn November, Democrats were triumphant in many key local elections throughout the states, such as the governor’s races in Virginia and New Jersey. Many people speculate this is a sign of change in the political agenda for Americans caused by the Trump presidency.
In North Carolina, Democrats were elected to the mayor’s office in Fayetteville and Charlotte, meaning that now Democrats or left-leaning independents control the mayor’s office in the nine largest cities, according to the (Raleigh) News & Observer.
Unaffiliated Nancy McFarlane was re-elected as Raleigh mayor. In Greensboro, Nancy Vaughan, also unaffiliated, was re-elected as mayor. In Asheville, Esther Manheimer, Democrat, was re-elected as mayor. In Wilmington, Bill Saffo, Democrat, was re-elected for a fifth term as mayor.
Although most were re-elections, in Fayetteville, Mitch Clovin, Democrat, beat two-term mayor Nat Robertson, Republican, in the mayorial race. Mitch Clovin is a two-term consecutive member of Fayetteville City Council.
In Charlotte, Democratic city councilwoman Vi Lyles, beat Republican city councilman Kenny Smith. Lyles is the first African American women to be elected as mayor in Charlotte.
The November 2017 elections in North Carolina and other states like Virginia and New Jersey give hope to the Democratic party for the future, especially for the 2018 congressional elections.
“The last time Democrats won the governor’s race in Virginia and New Jersey, in the same year, was 2005,” Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Tom Perez stated Tuesday night, as reported by the Washington Examiner. “You know what we did the following year? We took the House of Representatives! That’s what we’re going to do next year.”
When asked in a interview by NPR, what had caused the unexpected wins in this elections, Perez concluded that it was new Democratic party tactics and the political presence of our current president.
“We are (now) about electing people from the school board to the Senate. The old DNC was about simply helping to elect the president every four years.” Perez added. ”When we are competing at every level of elected office, you get energy that way. And we’ve been able because of the – really the reaction to Donald Trump, so many people stepping up. And we saw it in Virginia. We see it elsewhere.”
When asked for a response to the chair of the Republican National Committee, Ronna Romney McDaniel, who said the result of this election is status quo because New Jersey and Virginia also voted Democratic in 2016.
Perez responded: “That’s laughable. This was a 14-year election yesterday. That’s good spin. But here’s the reality. The voters of America – and it wasn’t just in these two states – mayor’s races, state senate in Washington state. Americans want a leader we can be proud of, and Donald Trump has given us nothing but chaos and carnage. That was a very clear message that was sent in yesterday’s election. If she chooses to ignore it, she ignores it at her peril.”
If election trends continue to have results like this, North Carolina should expect possibly more independent or Democratic representatives in 2018, and the United States should maybe expect possibly have a 2020 Democratic president.
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