Voter anger is a warning to all candidates running in 2022
Americans are so fed up with politics right now that they've reached a bipartisan consensus about all candidates.
WASHINGTON — If it’s Tuesday ... It’s Primary Day in California, Iowa, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico and South Dakota. ... President Biden signs bipartisan legislation into law honoring and improving care for U.S. veterans. ... British Prime Minister Boris Johnson survives a no-confidence vote. ... Jessica Cisneros files for a recount in Texas-28 Democratic runoff. ... John Fetterman goes up on the air in Pennsylvania Senate. ... And abortion emerges as the top issue in last month’s ads for House, Senate and governor.
But first: Americans are so fed up with politics right now that we’ve reached this bipartisan consensus: Two-thirds of Democrats and Republicans believe that all or most candidates who run for office do so to benefit their own personal interests, not the community’s interests.
Some Republicans show signs of ‘Trump fatigue’ in primary chaosJune 6, 202203:52That finding, per a new Pew poll, is a damning indictment from the public. And we’re seeing that anger toward the political class play out in many of today’s primary and other races where:
San Francisco voters might oust their progressive district attorney, Chesa Boudin, in a recall election after criticism that he’s been too soft on crime; wealthy real-estate developer Rick Caruso has shot up in the polls in LA’s mayoral race as he’s spent millions of his own money on the race (though we’ll see how he fares when his former Republican credentials get litigated in a likely runoff against Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif.);
GOP Congresswoman Young Kim, R-Calif., has been attacking one of her GOP opponents in California’s Top 2 primary system as a “politician” — when Kim is the actual incumbent; and former Rep. and young Democratic star Abby Finkenauer, D-Iowa, has been struggling against retired Admiral Michael Franken in the Democratic Senate primary to take on Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, in the fall — in part because she has "former congresswoman" in front of her name (and also because Franken is outspending her on the airwaves).
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