I am sorry that Gallegos jumped in so quickly. If you look at AZ’s history democrats who get elected are centrists. Look at DeConcini or Napolitano. I think Sinema fits AZ’s psyche. But the demographics of AZ are changing, so who knows. I am so sorry we live in extremes now rather than fashioning policy solutions that actually help to im…
I am sorry that Gallegos jumped in so quickly. If you look at AZ’s history democrats who get elected are centrists. Look at DeConcini or Napolitano. I think Sinema fits AZ’s psyche. But the demographics of AZ are changing, so who knows. I am so sorry we live in extremes now rather than fashioning policy solutions that actually help to improve problems. Instead it seems now we demonize the “other” side and get nothing done. I think the loss of local press is key. Also the focus on the executive/President in the 24 hr news cycle. People don’t even know who their local reps are. But then again people don’t understand the structure of Gov’t at all. Also the blurring between politics and policy making. After you got elected you used to become a statesman (person) but now it’s politics all the time.
Yeah, one of the wildest jobs i ever had was stringing for the Times -- a lot of it was just talking to random voters at public places and asking what they thought of political issues of the day. I started with some pretty sophisticated questions lol but quickly realized the average person has no clue about who is actually making decisions or why, other than perhaps they can name the president. Walk up to a person in the supermarket and ask them about their political beliefs and they can talk all day. Quiz them on the who what whys and they go blank.
I am sorry that Gallegos jumped in so quickly. If you look at AZ’s history democrats who get elected are centrists. Look at DeConcini or Napolitano. I think Sinema fits AZ’s psyche. But the demographics of AZ are changing, so who knows. I am so sorry we live in extremes now rather than fashioning policy solutions that actually help to improve problems. Instead it seems now we demonize the “other” side and get nothing done. I think the loss of local press is key. Also the focus on the executive/President in the 24 hr news cycle. People don’t even know who their local reps are. But then again people don’t understand the structure of Gov’t at all. Also the blurring between politics and policy making. After you got elected you used to become a statesman (person) but now it’s politics all the time.
Yeah, one of the wildest jobs i ever had was stringing for the Times -- a lot of it was just talking to random voters at public places and asking what they thought of political issues of the day. I started with some pretty sophisticated questions lol but quickly realized the average person has no clue about who is actually making decisions or why, other than perhaps they can name the president. Walk up to a person in the supermarket and ask them about their political beliefs and they can talk all day. Quiz them on the who what whys and they go blank.