The political middle is getting things done in OKC | Opinion
As Americans, we are routinely told that our political discourse is polarized, that we are utterly divided. In Oklahoma City, we’re choosing a different path.
In the current vernacular, Oklahoma City is politically purple, as is the nation. In OKC, we can see the mathematical challenge plainly. If one “side” attempted to achieve only its desired outcomes, it would fail. There just isn’t enough of any one group to dominate. The folly at the national level is that they can’t see that. Fifty-one percent doesn’t accomplish much, if anything, and yet that struggle to reach 51 and dominate the 49 continues, election after election.
MAPS 4 was approved with 72% of the vote, and it is a mathematical certainty that many Republicans and Democrats voted the same way that day. Don’t get me wrong, this approach requires nurturing every single day. It demands self-control on social media and it requires getting out of our bubbles to listen and learn. It takes leadership. It requires leaders to talk about how we get things done as much as we talk about the outcomes. But we have succeeded with this approach in OKC, and I see other cities that do as well. Mayors and cities have to get things done.
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