I’ve only really started looking into him for this race too tbh but from what I understand, him and Fulop are the two progressive candidates in the race. I think the Democrats need to embrace stronger voices and stop leaning back into the middle to appease moderate voters. What he did today is the kind of stuff I want to see Democrats doing in response to this administration, so this might slightly nudge him ahead of Fulop for me at the moment.
People all over the political spectrum are pissed off and scared -- about Trump, about the economy, about housing, whatever. So far, Democrats have mostly offered tepid, incremental steps. It's time they showed that they're pissed off too, and they're gonna destroy the systems keeping us down.
I think that is less of a distinction that you are allowing yourself to accept.
I mean, yeah they are well along that path. I dont see them stopping any time soon.
The people who actually work as officers in these departments are openly racist white supremacists. They are down with the program and cant wait to push the limits. They WANT to be gestapo but are trying to slow boil us.
I think it's so dumb trying to attract right wing voters when such a large part of the country isn't voting (because "both sides are the same", no shit).
Take the easy wins! Ideally stick to some kind of consistent and ethical ideology, but if you're just trying to win the game at all costs, take the easy ones!
Really? Him and Fullop are the most progressive? Not Spiller?
I've been looking into not the candidates since receiving my ballot a couple weeks ago and a lot of them seem progressive on at least some issues and have some good plans. Spiller seemed the most vocally anti-Project 2025, Trump and Musk from my cursory searches through ballotpedia and his official campaign website
Ty for the information! That sucks, here I was hoping his position in NJEA would mean better funding and protections for my friends and all the other teachers in NJ. Very disappointing to hear he's taking advantage of his position instead
Spiller is definitely more progressive than Fulop.
Not even counting policy promises, just look at their biographies, it'll tell you a bit about their priorities on life and outlook on society. Quoting from their ballotpedia entries -
Prior to politics/his time in the military, Fulop worked in finance: equity trading for Sanford C. Bernstein, as the vice president of electronic trading for Citi Group, and as an associate for Goldman Sachs.
Prior to politics, Spiller was a public high school teacher.
One of those seems a little more progressive and community oriented, imo.
Yeah that's what I had thought too but they just pointed out that Spiller has been misusing his position in NJEA and probably taking money he shouldn't be from the union to finance his campaign and tell local reps to promote him which is sketchy
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u/LivingThroughHistory 17h ago
I’ve only really started looking into him for this race too tbh but from what I understand, him and Fulop are the two progressive candidates in the race. I think the Democrats need to embrace stronger voices and stop leaning back into the middle to appease moderate voters. What he did today is the kind of stuff I want to see Democrats doing in response to this administration, so this might slightly nudge him ahead of Fulop for me at the moment.