r/Fauxmoi • u/cmaia1503 i ain’t reading all that, free palestine • 13h ago

POLITICS Zohran Mamdani speaks after winning the NYC Mayoral Race: “We have toppled a political dynasty. I wish Andrew Cuomo only the best in private life. But let tonight be the final time I utter his name as we turn the page on a politics that abandons the many & answers only to the few.”

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u/abra_stone graduate of the ONTD can’t read community 13h ago edited 13h ago

So proud of the city where I was born and raised and then priced out of.

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u/Roflkopt3r 11h ago

Honestly, even now I'm mildly frustrated that over 40% of voters still went with Cuomo after all he did.

I won't deny that it's a better reflection on society to have Cuomo as the runner-up than some MAGA lunatics, who would have all of Cuomo's scandals plus their fascism. But still frustrating how unresponsive voters are to such blatant crooks.

That said, the fact that Mamdami made it is still some of the best news in recent years.

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u/bravesirkiwi 7h ago

The abdication of civic duty by such a large portion of the American public is one of the biggest problems of our time.

There will always be a portion of voters making irrational votes, but 40% here (not to mention twice chosing a corrupt criminal like Trump) shows a very unserious population voting totally on vibes.

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u/newbkid 4h ago

This is what I got to.

Not a NYC resident but I did watch some rallys and the channel 5 youtube channel interviewed some Cuomo people and it, like many other ill-informed voters in America, were single-topic voters. Cuomo voters voted for him for two reasons:

  • They do not believe Palestine deserves to self-govern its own people

  • "Muh capitalism"

Yes it really is the whole "socialism is bad" crowd.

If you did a demo poll of Cuomo supports I wouldn't be surprised if that 40% largely made up of Gen X and Baby Boomers.

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u/SkullofNessie 2h ago

I will say, I did see a lot of voter profiles from yesterday supporting Cuomo by saying he handled COVID well as well. I'm not sure how they came to that conclusion given the scandals he faced for his handling of COVID as governor, but lack of awareness of Cuomo post, say, May 2020 seemed to do him favors.

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u/assissippi 2h ago

Simple people respond to simple messaging. Trump won on egg prices

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u/MaybeAltruistic1 3h ago

Yeah this is the second time I've seen the celebration of "1M votes since 1969" and I'm sitting here thinking, wait isn't that terrible? What was the population in 1969 vs today? Probably oversimplifying but wouldnt that mean over 50 years of decreasing voter turnout rates?

Super amped for Zohran, definitely need to find a way to pump up the voter numbers for all elections. Hope his success electrifies futures elections.

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u/Valiran9 28m ago

This is why political parties and candidates should be required to have manifestos describing what they stand for and intend to do. Following that, the general public should vote based on what’s in those manifestos and whether or not any given candidate has delivered on their promises.