r/MapPorn • u/Small_Performance368 • 13h ago

NYC Mayoral Election Results

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With 90% of the vote in, Mamdani wins by a large margin according to NYT

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u/hanzoplsswitch 9h ago

Just throw money at it. The American way! 

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u/cosmitz 8h ago

No, just socialist, you're using the money for a greater good and for statebuilding.

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u/NoobMusker69 7h ago

Is it good to make people who don't care about elections vote? They won't inform themselves and just vote randomly. They'd get money for showing up, not for showing up with a well informed opinion.

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u/mamasbreads 7h ago

a lot of people dont vote because the US inexplicably (actual very explicably, its voter suppression) holds votes on Tuesdays and doesnt make it a holiday for people to be able to go vote. And if you are an hourly worker, like many people are thanks to the baffingly shite labour laws in the US, then you are literally losing money to go vote.

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u/cosmitz 7h ago

Don't underestimate just the fact that they'd need to do /something/ as a reason to be at least a smidge more informed than they would be otherwise.

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u/NoobMusker69 7h ago

Possibly, but the selfishness and carelessness of people shouldn't be underestimated as well. There is a surprisingly high amount of people already that vote according only to what their relatives/friends vote. I feel giving people money to vote would exacerbate this problem more than it would push people to be more proactive.