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“Fix Homelessness” is a weird way for a candidate for city council to word a priority, one of only three listed in a mailer, when the other two are “Build more housing” and “Better public safety”. Feels like a dogwhistle for more of the same sweeps and cops policies. #SEAelex

Disclosures:

* I was a donor to and a volunteer for the #YesOnI135 campaign, backed by House Our Neighbors!
* My views are my own, and do not reflect those of AWS, my employer

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Final turnout was about 33%, in line with King County Elections's expectation.

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https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/jason.weill5486/viz/KingCountyWAFebruary2023SpecialElectionFinalResults/Turnout

Final per-precinct data for #YesOnI135 are now available. In the final data, "Yes" on social housing in Seattle pulled away, winning by 14 points.

#WAelex #SeaElex

https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/jason.weill5486/viz/KingCountyWAFebruary2023SpecialElectionFinalResults/Votesbyracedashboard

Disclosures:

* I was a donor to and a volunteer for the #YesOnI135 campaign, backed by House Our Neighbors!
* My views are my own, and do not reflect those of AWS, my employer

#SEAelex #WAelex

Turnout in Seattle's social housing election was very light on election night; final data will be made available later this month.

https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/jason.weill5486/viz/KingCountyWAFebruary2023SpecialElectionPreliminaryResults/Turnout

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#YesOnI135 election results per precinct, based on election night data: https://public.tableau.com/app/profile/jason.weill5486/viz/KingCountyWAFebruary2023SpecialElectionPreliminaryResults/Votesbyracedashboard?publish=yes

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Re: last boost. I thought Seattle's social housing i135 would lose pretty badly. Low turnout special election. Opposed by the big media. The campaign a ragtag bunch organized by the street person newspaper org. I gave money but wasn't hopeful.

Anyway, it's up 5 points in the first drop, and Seattle's late drops generally trend progressive.

California needs to step up now.

#seaelex #capoli

RT @UrbanistOrg@twitter.com

It turns out being Republican lite on a lot of issues tends to erode your support with Seattle voters. Seattleites want real housing solutions, not gimmicks and excuses. #SEAelex https://www.theurbanist.org/2022/10/17/chamber-poll-finds-strong-support-for-housing-zoning-reform-among-seattle-voters/

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/UrbanistOrg/status/1611429210350051328

There is a chance for #Seattle to elect many #SocialHousing advocates to council who support progressive taxes and rezones to fund and build new mixed income apartments across the city where they are now illegal. #SEAelex #RezoneSeattle #HousingForAll

I did not expect Pedersen to walk away.

#SeaElex

One other takeaway from Seattle's results is that helicoptering in with a bunch of money is not a good way to campaign. Seattle Approves would have done a lot better if they had spent more time building support and relationships before the actual initiative.

#SeaElex

While of course I want yimby leaning candidates to run for Seattle city council in 2023 I care more about how they will vote on policing, sweeps, social housing, public bathrooms, human service worker compensation, rent control, income tax, public banking, municipal broadband & safe consumption sites.

#Seattle #SeaElex #SeattleCouncil #HolisticUrbanism #SolidarityUrbanism

* also we need to move to even year elections through #WALeg state legislative change