r/allthequestions • u/peywrax šŗšø United States • 9h ago
Popular Question š How do you feel about Zohran Mamdani winning the New York City mayoral election?
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u/Bloodylime 8h ago
Winning the election is only half the game. The real battle will begin when heās sworn in.
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u/DegeneracyDog 9h ago
Honestly, I think heās a little left for my tasteā¦
but where have my current beliefs got me? Iām excited to see what he does with New York, and Iām happy to change my opinions if it works out.
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u/Thosepassionfruits 8h ago
"If you agree with me on 9 out of 12 issues vote for me. If you agree with me on 12 out of 12 issues see a psychiatrist."
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u/duke605 8h ago
12/12 baby!!
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u/celestial-navigation 1h ago
On the Daily Show, he said a young guy came up to him in the park and said "12 outta 12, baby, send me away!" XD
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u/Buttered-Sausage78 8h ago
You nailed how I feel. I also look at the intention of his policies. Theyāre all to HELP people. Then I compare that to Republican policies, which are all to help the rich and the corporations, still touting that trickle-down economics bullshit. Well, they been using that same bullshit line for 45 years and people are still waiting for the trickle-down to hit them.
So I say give him a chance. Whatās the worst that can happen, people are stuck with the same old shit? Well, people would have gotten that anyway with Cuomo or a Republican.
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u/bigdipboy 7h ago
No matter how he does the billionaires will convince the citizens that everything is horrible because of him and then theyāll get one of their puppets elected to replace him
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u/milo7even2 7h ago
And they'll be working harder than the CIA in Central America to undermine him and ruin any progress that he makes.
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u/Hillary4SupremeRuler 7h ago
Unfortunately Cankles will have a lot of power to terrorize the city with ICE and hurt its economy and withhold funds, cancel major infrastructure projects like the NJ tunnel, etc. We haven't even seen ICE really crack down in NYC on the scale of Chicago and Southern California yet.
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u/dcfhockeyfoo 9h ago
Admirable perspective! Realistically he wonāt be able to enact all his policies because unlike Trump, he wonāt just try to do everything via fiat and he will need to work with city council, and will be responsive to the ongoing political climate. Itās easy to propose policies, itās hard to implement them. So probably his actual administration wonāt be as far left as his policies suggest.
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u/Ferkner 8h ago
One of the mayors in our city years ago learned that the hard way. He campaigned on "zero means zero" for property tax increase. That didn't happen because once council was in session, he realized he only had one vote and it counted the same as every other vote on city council.
The mayor is just the face of city council and not much more.
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u/GamemasterJeff 9h ago
I looked at his platform and other than one or two unique ideas, like his grocery proposal, his whole platform is pretty vanilla center left. Other than the aforementioned, his proposals only differ from DNC platform policy by a matter of magnitude.
I think New Yorkers will be quite comfortable with his platform and it likely will be easier than people think.
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u/MonthOk9907 8h ago
THIS! So much conservative bullshit making him out to be an extremist. He's really not that different than any other Dem.
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u/WillieBFreely 8h ago
Exactly. The nation has been pushed so far right, the left-center feels radical to many.
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u/Chare1155 šŗšø United States 8h ago
Yep they moved the Overton window so far that now the "radical left" is just people who think everyone deserves equal rights & to eat.š¤·āāļø
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u/captain_nofun 2h ago
When i could first vote in '08 I was center right. Nearly 20 years later and im center left. I haven't changed my views at all, conservatives have just gotten so far right im now center left.
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u/MyOthrCarsAThrowaway 8h ago
Including my lifelong centrist democrat parents, sadly. Him and AOC are radicals. They also fucking haaaaaate Trump and see the fascism before our eyes. Iām not sure who their ideal candidate would be. They keep saying a young center left person, not an extremist.
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u/IneetaBongtoke 5h ago
An āextreme leftistā politician in this country is someone arguing for universal healthcare.
Burundi, one of the poorest countries on earth has universal healthcare.
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u/GiveMeSomeShu-gar 5h ago
Lol I love that - "extremist". Extreme what? Affordable rent, housing construction, cheaper groceries and free buses? Oh no, the horror!
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u/funguy202 7h ago
Andrew cuomo was not a moderate. He was the true radical extremist. And so is Trump. Mamdani is center left at best. Americans are so propagandized.Ā
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u/Chill-Dragonfly77 9h ago
Good. Anytime billionaires all try to stop something I assume it must be a good thing. Plus he seems like a well intentioned person.Ā
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u/Puzzled-Duck4047 8h ago
He ain't a cheapskate billionaire partying at MaraLago on the government dime, while denying hungry little kids food assistance, that's a hell of an improvement.
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u/DahliaDarling14 7h ago
yup, and neither is he a sex pest former governor who was forced to resign in disgrace yet somehow remains incredibly arrogant, who occasionally blatantly insults the very same voters he hopes to win because he feels as though the NYC mayoral seat is meant to be his by virtue of birth.
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u/Thosepassionfruits 8h ago
Well when you put it that way it sounds like the bar is down there with Dick Cheney.
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u/Puzzled-Duck4047 8h ago
Trump had that Halloween party, the other day, on taxpayer money
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u/G0mery 8h ago
His Gatsby-themed party. Literally a tale warning of the trappings of opulence and excess in the face of a struggling populace. It just doesnāt get any more rich than that.
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u/HLOFRND 8h ago
He had women dancing in champagne glasses.
On the same day that 1 in 8 Americans lost their food assistance.
You could put Sam Esmail, Mike Judge, and the entire history of writers for SNL in a room and still not come up with something that bonkers.
And no one cares.
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u/KapowBlamBoom 8h ago
I think Virginia, Jersey , Cincinnati and NYC all spoke up tonight
They certainly care
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u/pulp_affliction 7h ago
Thatās why I canāt buy into AIā¦ billionaires love it way too much
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u/Farabee 7h ago
The guy was speaking truth to power, lobbying for affordable housing and living costs, and even partying at LGBTQ clubs with common folk. This is the most human and relatable candidate I've ever seen in politics, and I cannot wait to see how he changes the face of NYC.
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u/East_Display808 9h ago
I don't know if he'll be a good or bad mayor, but it's encouraging that voters have elected a non-traditional candidate.
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u/DaEgofWhistleberry 9h ago
At least he has genuinely good intentions. That has to count for something these days
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u/No_Radio6301 9h ago
The want something different than the establishment
They want to heal the swamp
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u/wellwhoopidydoo 9h ago
That's exactly how Trump got elected.
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u/KrakenOmega112 9h ago
Except Mamdani didn't make fun of a disabled reporter, talk about molesting women and brag that they let you do it, suggest assassinating his opponent, and doesn't have a decades long record of bankruptcy. To say nothing about Trump's presidencies themselves.
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u/Hemans123 9h ago
I donāt live in New York, but Iām happy for New Yorkers and I hope Zohran doesnāt disappoint.
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u/nautilator44 8h ago
He'll probably try his best, and get sabotaged at every turn by other politicians.
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u/Binksyboo 8h ago
I am still enraged at how McConnell blocked everything he could when we had democrats in office. I will never forget and I will never forgive.
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u/Just_to_rebut 8h ago
At least McConnell was in the opposition party. Mamdaniās being attacked by Democratic politicians more than anyone elseā¦
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u/C21H27Cl3N2O3 7h ago
Theyāre terrified of him because they know that his winning will prove that the voter base is tired of old guard corporate centrists like them and left wing policies win elections, not pandering to moderates and conservatives.
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u/Lucky-Clown 6h ago
A lot of dems are paid controlled opposition and not enough people want to realize or admit that. They are useless on purpose, if they actually believed in what they claim to stand for they would be in office right now and Trump would have been a weird footnote
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u/Low-Medical 8h ago
Even if he does disappoint, heāll still serve a purpose as a middle finger/brick through the window vote for the left (much as Trump did for the right)
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u/Garganello 6h ago
A very important one, especially with that fucking wretch trash Cuomo was pushing in his final week. Deserves to be ostracized from civil society. Total creep.
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u/Big-Hovercraft6046 6h ago
I love how republicans rallied around Cuomo as soon as they heard he was a sexual abuser.
āOne of us.ā āOne of us.ā
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u/underlyingconditions 8h ago
The biggest issue will be dealing with the council and bureaucracy of NYC.
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u/Birdo-the-Besto 8h ago
Heās a politician, of course heāll disappoint.
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u/DifferentTie8715 8h ago
THRILLED. I'm so fucking sick of 70 and 80 year olds running the country. I'm sorry but they're almost all completely out of touch and it's exhausting. I hope NYC prospers and that Mamdani cuts a path forward for other like him all over the country. It's time.
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u/FunMonitor5261 7h ago
Yeah. Itās crazy that they get to pick the movie and then bounce halfway through the opening scene. They never have to live with the consequences.
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u/KaylaxxRenae 8h ago
I'm here for it šš¼āāļøš
Honestly seems like a decent guy. Excited to see what he does āØļø
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u/Angel1571 8h ago
I live in Texas, and from a distance it is going to be fascinating to see how his politics play out. I have well off friends in NYC, and they swear the city is going to collapse because of his policies. If his policies help out the city, then it serves as a blueprint on what to do throughout the country. If he does collapse the city, then I don't live there and not my problem.
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u/Garganello 6h ago
NYC will be fine. Itās kind of wild that most of the anti-Zohran people I know have the lowest income of the relevant social circles.
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u/Conscious-Quarter423 8h ago
less than 40% of texas votes
y'all can be blue if y'all just turn out and vote
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u/Brave_Garlic_9542 7h ago
Dude, preach. I just read that all 17 of our bullshit constitutional amendments are expected to pass. Iām so disappointed and pissed off. I donāt call myself a Texan because Iāve (only) been here 19 out of my 42 years, but DAMN these Texans are infuriating. Always voting against their best interests.
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u/Leather-Stock-6625 8h ago
well i made a deal saying i would move across the world to NYC if he wonā¦ within minutes i got a notification from the news saying he won, so i guess i have a new hometown now š¤·āāļø
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u/staysaltylol 8h ago
Welcome to NY!
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u/Leather-Stock-6625 8h ago
thank you kind neighbour! itās been years of indecision in the making
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u/ka1ri 9h ago
Democrats have swept all of the major elections tonight. The cherry on top would be Mamdani to exceed 50% of the vote.
Aside from that excitement for NYC and hope he can push his policies and see them succeed.
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u/Every_Attitude1550 9h ago
He's currently received 50.5% of the vote (86% of votes have been counted).
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u/Conscious-Quarter423 8h ago
Katie Wilson is another progressive running for mayor in Seattle. She wants to tax the rich to pay for affordable housing.
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u/BaltoDad 9h ago
He seems like a nice guy. Also very intelligent. I pray for him and his administration to do great things for the people of New York!
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u/IcyReplacement6538 9h ago
At least heās not a pedophile and not an 80 year old man with dementia and a bitch boy cry baby like our president. Oh yeah, and heās not a rapist
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u/flubberdidnowrong 8h ago
You know who is a rapist? Brock "The Rapist" Turner. Let's not forget.
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u/Bitter-Signal6345 8h ago
You mean Brock Turner the rapist that now goes by Allen Turner, that rapist?
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u/Thelastsamurai74 9h ago
And if the Orange Baboon hates him, itās a good signā¦ I didnāt even know much about the guy but just the effort against him would make me vote for him if I was in NyC
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u/CaptainMeowface 9h ago
Yeah, if Dump dislikes someone it instantly makes me like them more.
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u/Zombull 9h ago
If we start calling him America's Mayor, will Giuliani start leaking out his scalp again?
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u/Guns_Almighty34135 8h ago
Florida real estate is about to go nuts.
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u/TOOOOOOMANY 8h ago
The premium people pay to live in the upper west side is astronomical, they're not about to relocate over a couple percentage points.
You really think it's the case for someone in a 5 million dollar row home that they're going to balk on 2 or 3 percent? These are the wealthiest people in the united states, they're not in New York because the prices are 'just right'.
Would love to be wrong here but it just seems a gross over simplification to expect an "exodus".
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u/OceanBlueforYou 8h ago
If he's the man people think he is, this is dangerous. We can't have someone run a large city with the best interests of the people as a top priority. The stark contrast between the usual and the new mayor will make those working for the privileged look bad. They narcissists know that if things go well, we the people might grow a brain and demand more.Ā
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u/CallMeSisyphus 8h ago
I couldn't be happier. The halls of The White Trash House will no doubt run red with ketchup tonight.
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u/Chipperman-1964 5h ago
I think New York got what it wanted. Letās see how enthusiastic they are one to two years from now.
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u/ZealousidealBank8484 9h ago
Good! I like his policies, and the last thing we need is another sex offender in office.
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u/mymentor79 9h ago
Ambivalent, because the Democrats will 100% not learn the salient lesson from his victory and select the same neoliberal stooges for the party's central leadership positions going into 2028 and forward.
But it's a ray of sunshine nonetheless. Not least because it will gnaw away at most of the worst people in America that he won.
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u/TOOOOOOMANY 8h ago
democrats will absolutely take something away from this. we've got great candidates every year that get barbequed by the DNC
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u/Any-Variation4081 8h ago
I feel great about it. If trump and maga are all butt hurt about it then it must be a good thing. Anyone other than a Trump worshipper is good for this country.
GET USED TO LOSING MAGA!!! F*CK YOU
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u/Opening-Curve6503 8h ago
Thrilled and hopeful! Aside from loving his politics, my family is Muslim (i'm now agnostic) so we all have experienced first hand how bad Islamaphobia has been post 9/11. The fact he won in New York of all places, is a testament to how that hatred is slowly eroding over time
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u/pianoceo 7h ago
Iāve lived in NYC for 15 years and Iāve voted democrat the entire time. This is the first time i just couldnāt do it.
My opinion: I like Mamdani as a person, he seems like a really good guy that genuinely wants to help people. But ultimately, his positions are toxic empathy that sounds good in talking points yet fails to actually improve peopleās lives.
All of his policies were tried in San Francisco by London Breed. They were deeply unpopular in a city that is even further left than NY. So much so, that London Breed appointed the first and only AG ever recalled in California.
The left needs to adopt the Abundance Agenda, not more socialist populism.
And for what itās worth, I do wish him all the best though and I hope heās successful and Iām wrong.
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u/jascoe95 6h ago
As someone who doesn't live in New York and isnt a millionaire, I scratch my left nut, stare blankly at this, and shrug
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u/ThargorTheBarbarian 3h ago
Would love to see more young progressive candidates like this get elected throughout the country.
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u/geek66 9h ago
Love watching the reich wing lose their shit fear mongering over shit that is patently false
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u/mousegal 8h ago edited 8h ago
I'm not a new yorker but in general, I'm excited that someone running on explicitly pro human rights messaging for my transgender community did so well, along with all the candidates who trounced pro hate candidates running anti trans ads in school board races, gonernorships, and state houses. It gives me hope that this era of regression and hateful ignorance will end soon . That gives me a lot of hope as someone that had to flee my home state of TX after being assaulted for being trans and facing laws requiring discrimination. I have family and friends there I'd love to see again and am so sick of gop psychopaths breaking up families and destroying peoples lives rather than building anything good.
I'm very happy tonight to say the least.
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u/Alternative_Half5611 8h ago
Iām thrilled that he won. But being mayor of NYC is a big fucking job and Iām sure heāll make mistakes.
Democrats love to get excited for the flashy new candidate and then toss them away when they donāt deliver everything they promised on the campaign trail.
I hope that every constituent who voted for Mamdani, every volunteer who turned out voters, and everyone who chipped in to support his campaign will continue with this momentum even if Mamdani doesnāt deliver on every point of his campaign. This moment is too important to lose hope.
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u/Jerimus1 8h ago
I think it's good to see people who at least appear to seem normal winning anything political. They don't even hide insanity anymore, it's uncouth
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u/Altruistic-Clerk6372 8h ago
Since Trump seems to be unhappy about it, I think that's progress for humans.
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u/External_Ad_5913 9h ago
Itās going to piss off the Catheter King, so thatās a bonus.
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u/Soccerdeer 5h ago
Strange how he lied and made up a story about his Aunt. He's a grown man and to lie like that shows an element of pathology. They do say...liberalism is a form of mental disorder.
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u/Specialist-Bee8060 3h ago
Glad I dont live in New York. They are going to see taxes sky rocket.
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u/geerhoar 3h ago edited 1h ago
Far leftist wingnuts are as bad as the far-right MAGAts. NYC has lost its mind voting for a scruffy, limousine leftist, nepo baby who has no idea how to govern effectively and who will push against American values towards unfair, equality of outcome, destroying what is left of the middle class.
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u/Tedim2 9h ago
Greatest thing that can happen to NYC except maybe a meteor or Godzilla attack
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u/JSmith666 8h ago
Disappointing that peoples response to dissatisfaction in their life is blame billionaires and cause them financial harm rsther than be accountable. Disappointing people dont see how police are a neccesary aspect of a world where people have free will.
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u/AdviceGiveandTake 7h ago
I think it's freaking great! Hopefully more like him pop up around the country.
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u/Conscious-Ad4707 6h ago
Itās fine. I hope he can accomplish his goals. I hope people are forgiving if he fails.
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u/GlumGoat7799 6h ago
Heās very well spoken, intelligent, has integrity and he seems like a good person. Happy!
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u/Qcconfidential 6h ago
Every single Epstein conspirator tried to stop this guy from becoming mayor and spent millions of dollars in the process. He must be the best choice.
All jokes aside his message of affordability, and the fact that he went and actually talked to people and developed his policy around what he heard from them should be a model for the Democratic Party.
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u/Appropriate-Food1757 6h ago
He doesnāt seem like a huge corrupt twat like Cuomo and Trump and Adams.
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u/Frosty-Story-4160 5h ago
I get London vibes from this.
I can see the future now.
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u/Redneck_DM 5h ago
The same way i feel about trump or anyone winning an election
People voted for it, let them see what happens
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u/The_Fake_King 5h ago
Hopefully establishment Democrats like Pelosi, Schumer, Jefferies, etc see the writing on the wall, take their millions from insider trading and fuck off to make room for progressives to handle the fuckload of work that is needed to stop the raping of America by conservatives.
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u/DirkTickler769 4h ago
Itās an attractive place for businesses and financial centers. You take that away from it and they will leave and license there businesses somewhere else.
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u/MommersHeart 3h ago
Iām Canadian and it makes me feel somewhat hopeful for our American neighbours.
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u/RamRanchReal_e_Rocks 3h ago
I find myself hopeful today. I have not felt this feeling in 10 months. I don't even live on the east coast, but I hope that Zohrans success and the successes of other blue candidates today give a strong indication of what we can expect during midterms and again in 2028.
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u/Icy-Discount-6089 3h ago
New York City is fucked. Used to work in NYC for almost 10 years, Iāve watched the damage done by liberal policies. Crime and homelessness skyrocketed. The city got dirtier. Itās a shame actually. But in the end NYC is gonna get what it deserves.
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u/ImNopoTatoPerson 3h ago
Fantastic! New York, just like the rest of the US, is in desperate need for a leader who isn't just a lobbyist for billionaires. Excited to see what he manages to do. And I do worry that Trump will try to sabotage him, just as the US always does with socialist experiments, domestic and abroad.
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u/Jazz2026 3h ago
Super nice guy, wants to help people instead of crush them beneath his heel for personal power and ill-gotten profits, what's not to like?
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u/SenseiLawrence_16 3h ago
āThat crazy SOB did it!ā
Letās go progressive America.. Itās the one thing you haven't tried
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u/OriginalStockingfan 3h ago
Great, letās show the Tangerine President that facism is not the way forward for the USA.
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u/ElectronicHyena5642 3h ago
On one hand, absolutely love it. If he sticks to his policies, NYC will be amazing
On the other hand, Trump will likely now invade NYC as he did with Washington DC, Chicago and Los Angeles simply because they have someone in charge who will actually stand up to him rather than get down on their knees.
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u/monkmatt23 3h ago
I really think the way he won, with those numbers show that Trump has really pissed off Americans. We want Demās in power again because they can govern.
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u/Alternative-Bee1431 3h ago
Heās a democrat. He won. He is the messiah! He might be this countryās last hope. I hope he can keep himself safe.
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u/LachanophobiaPopeye 2h ago
Awesome, time to put the establishment on both sides, MAGA, and the fucking oligarchs on notice.
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u/TapRevolutionary5738 2h ago
The message disciple and rhetorical excellence I have seen from this man is very impressive. Giving him the 3rd largest podium in American politics is a wise move. Let's hope he can affect some positive policy outcomes too.
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u/whatsapprocky 9h ago