2023 Chicago Mayoral/Aldermanic Elections

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I will most likely vote for the UWF candidate Brandon Johnson and then Chuy in the runoff.

Lori Lightfoot will not be reelected, she has embarrassed herself nationally and has angered her old allies while not gaining any new one's. She has only love from the lakefront liberals seeking to gentrify the city. Saying this, ultimately the city is going to go to a pragmatic and trusted establishment figure, and that means Chuy has got this if he plays his cards right and gets the ultimate kingmaker's vote, the one and only Willie Wilson's.

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I can't believe we're going to lose Ed Burke.  RIP to a great Chicagoan and American!  Its now up to Silvana and Raymond to carry the torch.  (

Hallelujah! Death to the Machine!

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The feeling I’m getting from talking to friends is that the lakefront liberals will not go for a progressive candidate in the second round. However, even still there’s a lot of the Latino and progressive vote.

Ultimately, I can see Willie being the kingmaker again, and I doubt he gives it to Chuy Garcia given his  conservative bent.

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Ideally this would be the results, but I’m skeptical. The vote for Wilson is far too low.

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Dopey Raymond Lopez endorsed Willie Wilson instead of legitimate contender Vallas.  He's finished.  I need to know who Ald. Tabares is supporting.

Willie Wilson is going to be the kingmaker who prevents the election of Johnson and give Chuy a run for his money, so this is a wise move. Vallas is incredibly unlikable to go anywhere.

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So far Brandon has governed like a Warrenite, which is not very good but expected. He’s caved under pressure on his promises way too early and is fairly weak as an executive, leaving most politicking to the city council.

Alright, I was off in many ways. I did think that Willie would be the kingmaker like last election but it seems like in the runoff any democratic candidate would win against a lazy republican running his campaign entirely by trolling nextdoor. It was pretty sweet seeing Republicans and police cry the way they did, and for the utter victory downballot. For next race the city council will definitely be the main target as Brandon will win the mayoral race with definite certainty, the Vallas campaign has annihilated the old Democratic party machine vestiges along with the conservadem faction. Pritzker, the finance industry, and the customer base in the unions with their retirement packages dealing with the middle all united to rule together.

I have realized that I’ve been too bearish on the nominal left candidates in any given race, so I’m also using the lessons of chicago to improve my predictions.

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So Johnson hasn't decimated Chicago like so many people were warning?

Johnson has behaved entirely like an absent leader as much of his powers are delegated to the council with no way of retrieving them. He was always going to behave like a low-energy democrat, which is so much worse than being Harold Washington 2.0 who made his old hood middle class and gave many people cushiony public jobs.