I appreciated your article on the value of the dichotomy of the Gonzales & Rubio endorsements.
I used that along with looking at candidates who raised at least 10k to look at candidates.
That dual frame meaningfully reduced the candidate pool. In this case I think that really helps. I blog, quietly, on Medium. There are 5 posts. The overview & Mayoral race is here
Thank you so much for all the resources you've provided in helping citizens get informed on this election and on all the candidates! Your work is an incredible public service and as a fellow policy nerd, I'm grateful! This is such a benefit to Portland.
One classic approach to resolving some of this opacity and info overload is organizing into parties. These slates of endorsements are am approximation of that, but probably still too heterogenous and fine-grained for most voters to operationalize. Have you heard anyone murmuring about coalescing into a party? I know that these council seats are non-partisan, but that only means the city doesn’t facilitate party votes or use party affiliation to qualify candidates.
Clay, I know it is on the wishlist of many reformers, and certainly, party formation would help build that infrastructure, even if the parties were informal. I don't think there are any efforts underway, though. We are certainly watching for those types of initiatives as we continue to track the reform process.
Thanks again for your thoughtful analysis.
I appreciated your article on the value of the dichotomy of the Gonzales & Rubio endorsements.
I used that along with looking at candidates who raised at least 10k to look at candidates.
That dual frame meaningfully reduced the candidate pool. In this case I think that really helps. I blog, quietly, on Medium. There are 5 posts. The overview & Mayoral race is here
https://jimcarroll4betterlegislating.medium.com/opas-guide-to-pdx-2024-elections-edeaf8d9da8d
Thanks for your work
Thank you so much for all the resources you've provided in helping citizens get informed on this election and on all the candidates! Your work is an incredible public service and as a fellow policy nerd, I'm grateful! This is such a benefit to Portland.
One classic approach to resolving some of this opacity and info overload is organizing into parties. These slates of endorsements are am approximation of that, but probably still too heterogenous and fine-grained for most voters to operationalize. Have you heard anyone murmuring about coalescing into a party? I know that these council seats are non-partisan, but that only means the city doesn’t facilitate party votes or use party affiliation to qualify candidates.
Clay, I know it is on the wishlist of many reformers, and certainly, party formation would help build that infrastructure, even if the parties were informal. I don't think there are any efforts underway, though. We are certainly watching for those types of initiatives as we continue to track the reform process.