Thursday, November 6, 2014

Democratic Candidates May Have Lost, But Democratic Issues Won

http://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/democratic-candidates-may-have-lost-democratic-issues-won
"The vote in Colorado offers a good example of the disparity between how Americans vote on candidates and how we vote on issues. A few years ago the Colorado legislature stripped cities and counties of the right to build their own telecommunications networks but allowed them to reclaim that authority if they put it to a vote of their citizens. On Tuesday, eight cities and counties did just that. Residents in every community voted by a very wide margin to permit government owned networks even while they were voting by an equally wide margin for Republican candidates who vigorously oppose government ownership of anything."