why in the fuck is there not any better candidates in the whole state?
Running for office requires a combination of charisma, organizational skills, and self-delusion that most people don’t possess. And it also requires enormous amounts of free time. Collins is a career politician. Mills is a career politician. Platner is on 100% disability from the US military, so he doesn’t need to pull down a 40-hour work week in between campaign appearances.
In my small commune of about 60k people, there are more candidates for the counsel from every single political party than there are counsel seats.
Well, part of the problem is that you do just have a 60k person community with multiple seats at play. So the stacks are relatively low and the possibility of winning is relatively high. Maine is 1.4M people, presumably a much bigger stretch of territory to canvas, and it’s just the one position you’re trying to win. Platner pulled in $4.6M in a quarter to fund his campaign. Three months! And he raised more money than some people see in a lifetime. How many of your commune candidates are getting that kind of donation for a counsel seat?
Running for office requires a combination of charisma, organizational skills, and self-delusion that most people don’t possess. And it also requires enormous amounts of free time. Collins is a career politician. Mills is a career politician. Platner is on 100% disability from the US military, so he doesn’t need to pull down a 40-hour work week in between campaign appearances.
Well, part of the problem is that you do just have a 60k person community with multiple seats at play. So the stacks are relatively low and the possibility of winning is relatively high. Maine is 1.4M people, presumably a much bigger stretch of territory to canvas, and it’s just the one position you’re trying to win. Platner pulled in $4.6M in a quarter to fund his campaign. Three months! And he raised more money than some people see in a lifetime. How many of your commune candidates are getting that kind of donation for a counsel seat?