New York City Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat who has taken a soft touch with President-elect Donald Trump, left open the possibility of switching to the Republican Party in a pair of Friday morning interviews.

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    16 days ago

    This is the inevitable outcome of the poorly thought out strategy of “strategic voting” or blue-no-matter-who.

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      There were other great candidates running. He got elected because he had landlords, cops, and other conservative communities on his side.

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      16 days ago

      You could be productive, like discussing how to better influence primaries to have not shithead democrats, or campaign for rcv, instead you’ve offered no functional solutions and act like we should view your smugness as superior?

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        Bad news there, Adams won on a ranked choice primary (NYC’s first I believe). I think there are bigger issues at play with corruption and campaign spending here. Also the NYC challenge, don’t pick a total dick head for mayor, impossible edition.