[USpol] Just an illustration of the potential power of your local elections: Kamala Harris was set on her political path by the 84,000 people who voted for her as District Attorney in 2004
It was a really close election, too, went into runoff.
Too many people in San Francisco were worried she'd be too soft on crime
she finally won with 56% of the vote, so it was just a few thousand votes that made the difference in starting that path
i just also wanna say that 2 years ago, Lauren Boebert kept her seat by a margin of 40 votes
Oof
