At the risk of re-opening an earlier discussion
that some probably wish stay closed, I would point out
that the strategy to "Concentrate on Being the 2nd or 3rd
Choice" means "Don't say anything negative or revealing
about your opponents" -- and that lack of information for
the voters is how a jurisdiction (even one as large as San
Francisco) ends up with electing someone who
claims to reside in a vacant building and who, upon
taking office, immediately starts committing extortion.
Voters may say they dislike "negative
campaigns," but in this era if the other candidates (and
their campaign teams) are not checking up on their
opponents, who will?
- Doug
Douglas Johnson
Fellow
Rose Institute of State and Local Government
Claremont McKenna College
o 909-621-8159
m 310-200-2058
douglas.johnson@cmc.edu
www.RoseReport.org
"The Winning Strategy in
Oakland: Concentrate on Being 2nd or 3rd Choice"
See this
report from "The Bay Citizen" (as reprinted in the
NY Times
Bay area edition). More on the Oakland race from Fairvote
(and here).