Zohran Mamdani has won the race for New York City mayor, according to Decision Desk HQ, ushering in a new era of progressive politics in the city and reigniting the debate over the Democratic Party’s future.
Mamdani, a 34-year-old democratic socialist, is poised to become the first millennial and first Muslim to lead New York City, after a campaign that pulled off one of the most stunning political upsets in recent memory. He defeated former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who mounted a long-shot independent bid after losing to Mamdani in the Democratic primary, and Republican Curtis Sliwa in his bid to succeed Mayor Eric Adams.
Mamdani focused heavily on affordability, pledging to freeze rent, establish city-owned grocery stores and make buses free for riders. He quickly became a progressive icon as well as a polarizing figure within the party over his positions, so much so that it divided prominent New York Democratic leadership over whether to endorse him.
A-fuckin-men! I hope the dnc also gets their head out of their ass and starts embracing the left side.
The DNC is owned by billionaires, the sort the DNC chair Ken supports and defends their right to play economic kingmaker.
There is zero chance the DNC gets their head out unless a leftist somehow takes over ala Mandani.
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So we somehow made Trump win but also got a Democrat elected? Sound logic.
Yeah, it’s almost like there were separate elections or something.
What a stupid fucking point. Yeah, both are true. 10 million “progressives” handed Trump the presidency in 2024. Now, a much more concentrated group of voters elected a Democrat as mayor pf NYC. There’s no “somehow” mystery about it.
Didn’t give anything to trump. You’re either assuming Harris was entitled to something she never received, or do you actually think Dementia Don convinced a lot of voters to cross the spectrum?
They gave Trump the country. They gave him a get-out-of-jail free card. Pathetic fucking phonies who don’t even REMOTELY give a fuck about the issues they claim to care so deeply about.
Dementia Don had the same number of voters in 2020. Somehow, those 10 million fucking idiots were able to vote for Biden but Harris “didn’t deserve it”? Maybe you can explain why a convicted felon child rapist deserved it instead. Because if you refused to vote for for her, you helped him come to power. You’re a Trump supporter. Hope you’re fucking proud.
They didn’t give anything. Complete absence of things. Null. Zero. It’s especially deranged to think they possessed an entire country to give. It’s literally impossible to give what you don’t have, and claiming otherwise is serious mental gymnastics.
BTW I didn’t vote for him and my state has sent its electoral votes to Dems from current day contiguously back longer than any other state. So assuming who I support is another ignorant statement.
Deranged.
Absolutely pathetic response. You can’t do better than that?
NYC and Virginia are proof that different polities require different approaches.
“Proof”
You know how can I tell when I’m right? When this piss poor attempt at a response is all you can offer.
One or two examples of a thing is not “proof” of anything.
OK then, so Mamdani’s win was ALSO meaningless, right? It doesn’t mean anything about a progressive push in the party?
You see how your arguments works both ways? NYC and the state of Virginia are different places. Why are you so upset that Dems won in VA? They wouldn’t have won there running Mamdani’s campaign because the entirety Virginia is the not the municipality of NYC.
No.
Didn’t say that either. It’s not proof that the party is getting more progressive. He didn’t exactly earn their full throated endorsement.
No. My “arguments” was that that one or two examples dont constitute a “proof” about any grander strategy being used.
Oh I see we’re just doing full blown straw men now.
In that case, it’s the same reason you are so upset about some shit that you didn’t say anything about.
That’s true. Virginians don’t care about free buses in New York. They’d probably have to make the campaign address Virginia.
Hard truths here in this post.
Fact is, the more progressive candidate won by 15 points. Not sure how this proves anything about what would have happened had an even more progressive candidate run.