New York’s mayor, Rudy Giuliani, is not permitted to stand for a third term. So at the upcoming election the field is wide open. Despite many commentators in New York saying it is a dull election, there is active interest in the city. The newspapers, the air waves and the chatter in taxi cabs make constant references to it. For the people of New York it is an important election. Among the issues are whether an incoming mayor can maintain the law-and-order success of Giuliani without causing what are seen as major breaches of civil liberties.
New Yorkers are interested. They were also interested in the contest at the federal level, both in Hillary Clinton’s pursuit of a Senate seat and the major White House contest.
Similarly, there was an election last year in the City of London. Londoners were intensely interested, first as to whether Jeffrey Archer would be the Conservative candidate and secondly as to whether the endorsed Labour candidate would defeat the previous Labour head of local government, Red Ken Livingston. It was an exciting tussle. The issues included references to Livingston’s previous attempt to ban harmless children’s books because they were homophobic and his campaign to make London’s transport more accessible and affordable at the cost of high-income-earning Londoners.
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