Black Lives Matter Activist DeRay Mckesson Earns Only 3,000 votes in Baltimore Mayoral Primary
By Jason Silverstein (NY Daily News) – Turns out 340,000 Twitter followers don’t translate well into votes.
DeRay Mckesson, one of the leading Black Lives Matter activities on social media, faced a crushing defeat Tuesday in the Baltimore mayoral race — scoring just 2.5% of the Democratic primary vote and finishing sixth.
Mckesson, who has never held a political post, earned about 3,000 votes — a tally that’s less than 1% of his Twitter following.
In an email to his supporters, Mckesson said his brief campaign had “challenged the status quo of Baltimore’s politics.”
“While we did not win tonight, what we did was very important, and I want you to be as proud of our work together as I am,” he wrote.
“We did something very special, and it sets the table for what else is possible.”
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