More $$taxation because the government has no restraint on spending.
NY, IL , Calif & Colorado….see a pattern?
— floridanow1 (@floridanow1) November 5, 2025
Shannon Thompson, public policy and legislative chair for the Colorado School Nutrition Association, speaks at an event in support of two ballot measures that would shore up funding for the state’s school meals program, in Lakewood in September. The measures, Propositions LL and MM, were passing Tuesday evening according to unofficial results, and The Associated Press called a win for MM. (Photo by Chase Woodruff/Colorado Newsline)
Two ballot measures to fund Colorado’s universal school meals program, the only statewide contests in the 2025 off-year election, were approved by voters Tuesday night, according to unofficial results.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/colorado-ballot-measures-boost-school-031854350.html
New poll shows that taxing the rich is very popular
The prospect of increasing taxes on New York’s wealthiest has gained new steam amid Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral campaign in New York City.
As a mayoral race that has had taxing the rich front and center winds down, a new poll found that raising taxes on the wealthy remains a broadly popular policy position not just in New York City, but around the state where key congressional battleground contests will take place next year.
Invest in Our New York, a coalition that advocates for increased taxes on high-earners, and People’s Action Institute commissioned the poll from Siena College. It surveyed 1,010 registered voters across the state Oct. 13-17, and included more specific breakdowns by region. With the exception of one specific tax proposal, New Yorkers largely responded favorably to plans to tax the rich – including New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s proposal. The groups previously polled voters on the issue in 2023.
https://www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2025/11/new-poll-shows-taxing-rich-very-popular/409252/
Will Seattle go socialist?
It’s going to be a loooooong few days.
Katie Wilson, the socialist candidate for Seattle mayor, was the favorite entering the general election on Tuesday night. She’d won the primary by 10 percentage points, and a recent poll showed her ahead.
When fellow progressive Zohran Mamdani won the New York City mayoral race, it almost seemed fated.
But then the first round of ballots dropped: Incumbent Mayor Bruce Harrell secured about 53% of the vote.
That doesn’t mean Harrell is safe. Here in Washington state, mailed ballots come in daily batches. The count historically inches left with each new afternoon drop, as younger, more liberal voters tend to cast ballots later than their elders.
