Seattle better start listening to Maple Leaf.
That’s the thrust of a story this week in the Seattle Weekly.
Specifically, Seattle politicians better start listening to our neighbors who live roughly between Northeast 89th and Northeast 92 streets, from 15th Avenue Northeast to Lake City Way Northeast.
Seattle Weekly reporter Ellis E. Conklin, on the trail of the campaign for Seattle mayor, spent time with King County Elections and a politics guru and determined that “few pockets of Seattle are as representative and predictive of the electoral behavior of the city at large” as these 10 or so blocks.
There are about 500 registered voters in Precinct 46-2292, and Conklin went door to door until he’d talked to 61 of them in what he told Crosscut.com was a “totally and absolutely non-scientific” poll.
From this he determined that Peter Steinbrueck and incumbent Mike McGinn are the likely winners of next week’s mayoral primary election. (That is NOT conventional political wisdom.) Conklin’s full story is here.
What we really like is the notion that as Maple Leaf goes, so goes the country.
In addition to predicting the last several mayor’s races here:
In the 2012 general election, Precinct 2292 gave 85 percent of its vote to Obama, the precise percentage that all Seattle voters handed the president.
In the gubernatorial race, the Maple Leaf neighborhood went 80 percent for Jay Inslee, compared to 79 percent citywide. On the legalizing marijuana initiative: 70 percent in 2292, 74 percent citywide. Gay marriage: 84 percent in 2292, 82 percent citywide.
Are you listening yet, Seattle?
MapleLeafBob, Let`s hope that Insley can persuade Boeing not to leave the Puget Sound area.I`m not sure that he is strong enough, nor smart enough. I hope I`m wrong.I didn`t vote for him, but he`s who is currently at bat.With almost 10 % B&O tax, limited transportation infrastructure,that some studies claim are the fourth worst in the nation and 50 year-old buildings, it will require some clever politicing to keep them here.There are many more restrictive policies that make the Puget Sound area unattractive for family-wage paying companies to locate, or maintain a presence here. Unfortunate.
Yep, Lisa is correct. I voted for McKenna as AG but voted Inslee for Governor because of McKenna’s stance on gay marriage, his fighting of the affordable care act and because he is anti-abortion. These things I could tolerate in an AG but not in a governor.
Littleers: McKenna seems like a nice guy, but his stance against gay marriage and his decision to fight “Obamacare” made it too hard for the D’s to vote for an R. Without those two strikes, he’d be governor now.
The entire roster is filled with buffoons. The middle class is shrinking and we are happy to have these imbeciles?
I agree. Regardless of the party next to their name, Jay Inslee and McGinn are clowns.
That’s really interesting and not surprising really. Middle class America here to represent.
I have never figured out why Jay Inslee was elected when our former AG Rob Mckenna was such an excellent AG. I had dealt with his AG office on two occasions and was very impressed. So sad he lost just because he had an “R” after his name.
Interesting tidbits but I’m embarrassed that 80% of us went for Inslee….
You’re a smart bunch Maple Leaf residents!