Although Super Tuesday may have been predictable on the presidential front, the big primary day held some surprises lower down the ballot. Deep-blue cities and states are rejecting leftist policies.
In San Francisco, voters backed ballot measures to strengthen the city’s police force and mandate drug tests for welfare recipients, prompting the San Francisco Chronicle to declare on its front page Wednesday morning: “Progressivism Is Out … ”
Voters also placed many moderates on the Democratic County Central Committee, which the Chronicle reported “could reshape who is elected in San Francisco for years.”
Steven Buss, co-founder of the nonpartisan organization GrowSF, said of progressive politicians: “They had their turn. They failed. Now it’s time for the city to move on.”
Ballot Measure E bolsters the San Francisco Police Department by creating…
