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In reply to the discussion: Not all white women voted for trump. [View all]Pacifist Patriot
(24,653 posts)The county commission race was between a centrist Republican (lone voice of any sort of reason on a 100% Republican commission) incumbent who has championed a lot of positive things for this district and has a solid environmental record and a Democrat I knew personally. I knew the Democrat to be an unethical person. He solicited contributions to an organization he lead claiming it was a 501(c)(3) when it wasn't even incorporated. He is a close-minded individual who persists in disseminating unscientific information under the guise of being scientific. He has laudable environmental goals, but his methods are wildly unscrupulous.
I did not campaign for the Republican or against the Democrat, but could not in good conscience vote for someone I knew would be a disaster in the job. He would have been an embarrassing public face of a Democratic party struggling to rebuild and reassert itself in our local politics. I think he'd have set Democrats back around here, not propelled them forward.