First off, this should probably be in the WA general thread.
I don't really have time to write an in-depth critique, but your analysis misses the mark on a number of fronts and reveals your political slant (on the local level). Sure, homelessness is probably the number one issue, but you're missing nuance if you think that's what's powering all these results. Also, your characterization of status-quo and law-and-order is kind of bizarre. Most of the "SQ" candidates you've assigned that designation definitely do not want the status quo situation you've described. As it is, status-quo under Durkan has been to to do nothing to alleviate the cause of homelessness nor offer realistic or humanitarian solutions.... stuffing people on McNeil island or displacing homeless people from encampments isn't going to get people off the streets, it's just going to terrorize them (and for what- they're not going to disappear, as much as some candidates running seem to at best, endorse out of ignorance and at worst, prefer).
Mike O'Brien did not resign, you're thinking of Rob Johnson (
, best city council member along with Teresa, future mayor & mama). He left after a threat of physical violence against not just him, but his family and the overall incredibly toxic political atmosphere at City Hall (so when an opportunity came, he jumped and I don't blame him). This isn't something he admitted but if you follow Seattle politics on Twitter, word got out from his surrogates.
On its face, the primary results reveal this: Seattle has a silent majority - a progressive one.
