Well, that's what's up. In Seattle, voters have elected a socialist to the city council for the first time in modern history: Socialist Kshama Sawant Elected To Seattle City Council.
Kshama Sawant, a 41-year-old college economics professor who participated in the Occupy Wall Street protests, defied the city's political establishment and defeated prominent 16-year incumbent Richard Conlin, taking 50.3 percent of the vote to Conlin's 49.4 percent.
And while "socialist" is a label often flung around at politicians like a dirty word -- usually by people who have no idea what it actually means -- it's a banner that Sawant openly flew during her campaign:
