Big-City Politics Test Liberals in the Philadelphia Mayor’s Race
The dynamics of the Philadelphia mayoral race is strikingly similar to that of Chicago’s recent election.
By Tuesday night, Philadelphia Democrats will have chosen their candidate to be the city’s next mayor. A crowded field and concerns over crime are testing liberals’ ability to break out beyond more establishment figures.
For weeks, the field has been split into a top tier and a slightly lower tier, with three women virtually tied at about 20 percentage points of support and two men hovering in the mid-teens.
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