In four weeks, the 90-member Democratic Town Committee will endorse a candidate for mayor. Does the party endorsement matter?
- Who cares, bring on the September primary. (45%, 60 Votes)
- Yes, it attracts money and organization. (38%, 51 Votes)
- No, it brings baggage and cronyism. (17%, 22 Votes)
Total Voters: 133
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I haven’t worked on a single campaign where the candidate(s) was endorsed by the DTC. We have won all five (5) elections. I do believe having the endorsement makes it easier to raise campaign funds, however I enjoy the petitioning process.
Who cares? I’m undecided though on whom to vote for. Must say Ganim does seem like he cares for the ordinary man but idk what message we would send voting back in a criminal.
But no matter the outcome I’m unregistering as a Democrat to be a Republican. The older I have become the more conservative I am.
donj,
May I suggest whatever your personal political philosophy at a given moment, you consider your voter registration in a practical manner? In any given election year there may be a primary although in most there are none. So if you want to exercise the attempt to influence local runs for office, perhaps you should register as unaffiliated. As such, should you decide to back one of two party candidates at the primary level, thus opposing one or more others, your vote means something. If you are a Democrat and wanted to vote in the Republican primary you need 90 days to make such a change, and then 90 more days to return to the Democratic party. It is equally true if you start as a Republican and wish to vote in the Democrat primary (as some may be doing because so many candidates are in the Democrat run for Mayor). However if you are unaffiliated you do not have that 90 day wait to move from unaffiliated to a party.
Hope this helps and since I will be running for the City Council in the 130th, if you still live in that area and will be a voter there in the primary and election, I would like to meet you. Phone 203-259-9642 if you wish. Perhaps you would like to be a City watchdog for the benefit of others. Time will tell.
Thanks, I really did not know that. I want to vote in the Republican primary come Feb of next year.
Testa, DiNardo and all the other thieves will be in their glory as bank accounts swell with graft. Once again the city will be a clone of Newark. Physically and politically, maybe they have a Bass Pro Shops!
Joe Ganim cares about crime, underperforming schools, high taxes and poor road conditions.
Really???
Ditto!!!
We should pave Joe a $400,000 driveway to Easton.
And what does Mary-Jane care about???
Read the paper and you will know. Ganim is selling the same BS he sold when he was mayor.
I never knew you were trying to get a job with Joe ‘the felon’ Ganim.
Charlie, who is getting a job from Ganim?
Mr. Fox.
Just what I need is a flucking job! That’s the last thing I need. What I really need is my taxes lowered and a safe place to sleep!
Stop sleeping at the railroad station and you will be okay. Maybe you could stay at Maria’s house.
LOL!
It must be time for another Lennie’s OIB shithouse poll for Mayor.
Jim, you are right on the money about the poll.
*** I feel the Dem. Party’s endorsement does matter when it comes to making the entire Mayoral race a bit easier. Sort of political autopilot in some ways, no? ***
In Bridgeport the endorsement merely means the candidates don’t need to petition. Some of the best elected officials, including my very good friend Auden, have not been endorsed.
The state central committee and the city party can spend money on candidates publicly without losing face, if the candidate is endorsed. But what’s to stop either of those funding sources from running money through a PAC to get dollars to non-endorsed favorites?