The Nation: Gonzalez For Mayor

[La_Serpiente]

Gonzalez for Mayor

Matt Gonzalez, San Francisco's Green candidate for mayor, is trying to put an end to the forty-year grip the Democrats have held over the city's electoral politics and become the nation's most prominent elected Green. Gonzalez finished second in last month's general election, qualifying him for the runoff on December 9.

Gonzalez, president of San Francisco's Board of Supervisors and a former Democrat (he went Green three years ago), has mobilized a progressive coalition of artists and community activists in a grassroots effort to defeat the well-connected, well-funded and wealthy Democrat, Gavin Newsom.

Newsom, a liberal city supervisor who was practically handpicked by current Mayor Willie Brown, rose to prominence on his popular, compassionate conservative-like ballot initiative, "Care Not Cash," which reduced the amount of financial support homeless San Franciscans can receive. The initiative was eventually thrown out by a judge and sent back to the Board of Supervisors.

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Matt Gonzalez for Mayor

[eablair3]

1. thanks

Hadn't seen this one. The Nation is great. I have a hard time with the description of Newsom as "liberal" though.

[La_Serpiente]

2. lol

I am not from San Fran, so I don't know how he is. But from an outsider perspective, I have my reasons why I want Gonzalez to win.

[pistoff democrat]

3. FYI

Newsom is pasty-white yuppie scum...not that there's anything wrong with that :evilgrin: O8) :crazy:

[pistoff democrat]

4. Oh, yeah, if it means anything to you,

Martin Sheen endorsed Gonzalez.

:thumbsup:

:hi:

[Iverson]

5. a truly interesting graph

It's on today's front page.

http://www.sanfranciscosentinel.com/

Generalization: Voters in the top Gonzalez precincts voted overwhelmingly against the Davis recall and also voted overwhelmingly to elect Bustamante. And as you can see, most of the top Newsom precincts (red) are located in the bottom right quadrant of the plot.

Generalization: Voters in the top Newsom precincts were the most supportive of the Davis recall (although not even one precinct electorate, it should be said, mustered a majority), and they were clearly the least supportive of Bustamante.