Cruel Summer for Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson As Multiple Polls Show Plummeting Ratings

Looks like Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson’s got some competition for the title of most unpopular socialist mayor in America.

Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson is hot on his heels, with two different new polls showing plummeting ratings – with one of them even indicating a majority of voters in the solidly blue city think she should resign or be removed:

A new Change Washington poll conducted August 13-17 found only 22 percent of Seattle registered voters approve of Wilson’s job performance, while 66 percent disapprove and 12 percent are unsure.Even more damaging for the progressive mayor, 60 percent said Wilson should resign or be removed from office, compared with 30 percent who said she should remain and 10 percent who were unsure.Those findings are reinforced by a separate poll conducted by Fulcrum Strategy Group for the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce days earlier. That survey of 500 registered Seattle voters, conducted August 10-13, found Wilson’s favorability had fallen to 37 percent, down from 57 percent in April, a 20-point collapse in four months. Sixty-two percent now view Wilson unfavorably, including 42 percent who view her strongly unfavorably.

Where were voters most dissatisfied with Wilson’s performance, according to the Seattle Metro poll? Matters of public safety:

On public safety, voters gave the Wilson administration a “D” or “D+” rating on all six issues tested.Those issues included:

During a press conference earlier this week after a ceremonial event that kicked off a public transit project, Wilson was asked by a KOMO News reporter about her falling ratings:

Reporter:  Despite your efforts like this, your approval rating is at 37%. That is President Donald Trump territory. Why do you think that is?Wilson: [Laughs] So I’m not going to speak — anyone can do a poll so people can look at the poll and interpret what they want, but my priority right now is delivering for the people of Seattle, and that means projects like this where we are putting paint on the ground, and we are improving our transportation.Second Reporter: That same poll says a 20-point drop, a 20-point drop in just a matter of months. How do you explain that?Wilson: So I think there are a lot of concerns right now about public safety, which I understand – public safety is an extremely high priority for my office. We’re just about to start a search for our new police chief. So I understand we’re in a moment of uncertainty in the city where a lot of people are, you know, wanting to see action, and we are going to be providing that action.

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The voter dissatisfaction with Wilson comes amid more job losses and a “shrinking job market” and unhappiness with how Wilson handled the aftermath of the Bite of Seattle mass shooting. Some members of the black community feel like she scapegoated the now-former police chief, Shon Barnes, for what happened and the city’s bungled response to it. A recall attempt is also underway:

Here’s the process for the recall effort:

  1. Someone must file a petition for removal.
  2. The King County Prosecutor’s Civil Office reviews the petition for technical errors, such as improper signatures and whether the filing parties are registered Seattle voters. If the petition passes that check, the petition is forwarded to a judge for a hearing.
  3. If the judge decides the case is legitimate, then the petitioners have 180 days to collect 69,000 signatures supporting the recall from registered Seattle voters.
  4. If all of that is successful, a special election date would be set, the election would be held, and Katie Wilson’s future as Seattle mayor would be put to a vote.

A hearing on the matter will take place in King County Superior Court on August 31.

– Stacey Matthews has also written under the  pseudonym “Sister Toldjah” and can be reached via X. –

Tags: Crime, Democrats, Katie Wilson, Polling, Progressives, Seattle, Washington State

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