Washington voters rejecting new 7% tax on capital gains in nonbinding measure

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13 points·Bostonian··4 comments

For some context, including this year, out of 38 tax advisory votes, 10 have been voted for approval and 28 for repeal.

That said, these votes are entirely nonbinding, there are advisory votes have failed by a larger percentage and still been mantained[1], and frankly Democrats don't really care what voters have to say on these questions anyways (partially because they know they won't be punished for ignoring it and partially because the reason these advisory votes even exist is due to a certain notorious referendumeer that many in this state, paritcularly on that side of the aisle, consider an out and out troll[2]).

[1] - I need to fill out the proof of private insurance to opt out of this one this weekend: https://ballotpedia.org/Washington_Advisory_Vote_20,_Nonbind...

[2] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Eyman

How is it these politicians continue to get voted in if the majority is against their policies?

This is one particular tax/policy, maybe it's a hasty generalization to assume everybody is against all their policies.

Very few know or care what the policies are. The vast majority of the voters decide using the gut feeling of who's the "good guy". Hence yesteryear's politicians competing in obnoxious Bible thumping, and the equally obnoxious embrace of secular "good" causes of today.

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