Uncontested elections reveal failing democracy
First, the obvious: Today’s city election is not the most titillating ever. There is no dark horse candidate in Ward 1. The union-City Hall showdown in Ward 2 is no more. As for four-way mudslinging in Ward 22? Yesterday’s news.
There is, however, a silver lining to today’s ho-hum race. With petty politics out of the press, we can instead confront the real trouble with New Haven today: its democracy.
Only a handful of contested elections out of more than 30. A mayor about to ride with only nominal competition into his — eighth term! A Democratic Party almost as discouraging...
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