Krasner’s victory was underwhelming

Pardon me while I scratch an itch.

With D.A. Larry Krasner under fire from a state committee, I keep reading or hearing he was “overwhelmingly re-elected” last year.

I am underwhelmed. 

Here’s why: Turn ‘em Loose Larry did beat Republican opponent Chuck Peruto by 113,308 to 50,582, more than 2-1.

Impressive, but less so in a city in which Democrats outnumber Republicans by 7-1.

So while Peruto colorfully remarked that he got his ass kicked, he actually killed the point spread, getting a far larger percentage of the vote than the stats would have suggested.

But, yes, he still lost.

But was Krasner the overwhelming people’s favorite?

He got 113,308 votes out of slightly more than  1 million registered voters. The turnout in 2021, according to the city’s count, was a meager 23%. That means Krasner got about 13% of the vote of registered Philadelphians.

Yes, he won.

But “overwhelming”?

Not in my book.