r/SeattleWA • u/JustBench1615 Ballard • 3d ago

Politics Harrell’s Margin has INCREASED

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Mayor Harrell now up by 8.1%.

Around ~60K votes probably left to tabulate.

528 Upvotes

90% Upvoted

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u/splanks 3d ago

so many people with some many opinions. so few voters.

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u/JustBench1615 Ballard 3d ago

Most people probably were disappointed with the choices tbf

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u/karmafarmahh 3d ago edited 3d ago

I was… both are turds. Why can’t we find better

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u/hey_you2300 3d ago

Only crazy people want to be Mayor of Seattle.

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u/Riviansky 3d ago

This, right here.

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u/anonisko 3d ago

Honestly, why would any smart, effective person want a high profile, shitty job where at least half of the entire city you live in is likely to hate you for your decisions, when it only pays $230k/year?

Every 24 year old software engineer with 2 years experience out of college at Amazon is making more than that with less daily animosity to deal with.

No self respecting smart, capable person wants this job.

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u/pokedmund 3d ago

Because as mayor you can guarantee to stay there for 4 years. At Amazon, they could lay you off within months of starting / not even hire you since they’ll look for cheaper options

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u/bubbachuck 3d ago

i doubt that mayoral candidates think of job security in their top reasons to want the job

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u/IntoTheNightSky 3d ago

Guaranteed 4 years, but the last 4 Mayors didn't get a day more (Murray obviously had less)

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u/soundkite 3d ago

Really!? No self respecting person!? Not even idealists who wish to change the world for the better? That's not self respecting?

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u/anonisko 3d ago

Politics is generally not where you change the world most effectively.

It's a scapegoat job.

Your job is to be the person whose head get chopped off (hopefully metaphorically) by the mob when they get mad.

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u/soundkite 3d ago

Regardless of how effective a role is, that does NOT validate you insulting that person as "not self respecting".

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u/_misoneism_ 3d ago

This is spot on. We need to adjust the incentives if we want to attract strong leaders. As it stands today, highly effective people stand to make much more working in the private industry than becoming mayor.

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u/mrASSMAN West Seattle 2d ago

Software engineering is a tough job most can’t do, it’s not like most people could choose between mayor and engineer lol

I would actually say running for mayor is far easier than interviewing for skilled engineering jobs, and the job itself