There are people (many with govt positions) in these leftist cities that legitimacy believe that theft is just real time wealth redistribution. If you have something stolen from you it is due to your privilege and the thief deserved it more. Even if the people of these cities wanted to vote their way out of this they can't, the votes have been rigged and ballots stuffed for years. 1,400 printed ballots, pop-up voting stations likely gave Sawant an edge in surviving recall
Even if people somehow managed to beat a rigged election system it would matter.little as the government is already filled with communist in non elected.poaitions. Even the low level day to day government positions are all under the thumb of SEIU. Remember when we laughed at people who got a masters in things like "communist poets of color" and wondered where they would get jobs? Well they work for the government and are responsible for decisions that effect your fault life. And they are protected by a union and can't be fired.