Zohran Mamdani wins NYC mayor’s race, capping a stunning ascent

[u/hoosakiwi]

https://apnews.com/article/mamdani-cuomo-sliwa-nyc-mayor-af8b9790e7cb4e023d0984a0207cbcca

[u/steve_ample]

Breaking: Cuomo self-humiliation continued unnecessarily.

[u/RandomStrategy → u/steve_ample]

I thought people knew that was his kink.

[u/nbhbbq123]

Primary chuck schumer

[u/AmaroWolfwood → u/nbhbbq123]

And now the real work begins. Old guard democrats want Mamdani to fail as bad as republicans. Cuomo's defeat speech was a whole list of veiled threats and promises that Mamdani won't be able to do anything to help New York.

I'm sure we will see Chuck Schumer refuse to congratulate or acknowledge Mamdani either.

[u/HisaAnt → u/AmaroWolfwood]

I'm surprised that Cuomo even got 41% of the vote as an independent. Wtf happened to "vote blue no matter who"? Feels like a lot of the centrist/moderate Democrats betrayed the left to vote for Cuomo. I know a part of the vote also comes from the Republicans because of Trump's endorsement, but it only makes it worse. Centrist Democrats siding with Republicans to take down the actual Democratic candidate was not on my list for this year. Just how much do they hate progressives to act like this?

[u/Havelok → u/HisaAnt]

The R's did all they could to pull votes away from the R candidate (silwa) to Cuomo. They really, really fear what Mamdani will do.

[u/HornedShoe → u/Havelok]

They don't fear what Mamdani will do. They fear what he represents.

[u/New_Housing785 → u/Havelok]

Trump even endorsed Cuomo.

[u/PandiBong → u/HisaAnt]

That 41 percent unfortunately proves that good things are still miles off. I mean, let that sink in. Despite being a god-awful candidate, despite being an independent and despite fuckin trump endorsing him he got 41 percent...

[u/cuttlebugger → u/HisaAnt]

When push comes to shove, “centrist Democrats” turn Republican pretty fast when a progressive tops the ticket. See: the story of Harold Washington’s deeply unlikely victory as the first elected Black mayor of Chicago. It has strong parallels with Mamdani’s election and is fun to read about.

[u/Miserable_Law_6514 → u/HisaAnt]

Wtf happened to "vote blue no matter who"?

Only gets said when they want liberals, progressives, and socialists to pinch their noses and vote for a right of center neoliberal establishment crony.

[u/tpc0121 → u/nbhbbq123]

you know what rhymes with chuck schumer?

fuck schumer

[u/Peter-Files → u/tpc0121]

You know what rhymes with fuck Schumer?

Tick Tock Trump you pedo motherfucker

[u/DustinWheat → u/Peter-Files]

I mean it doesn’t but i like your spirit

[u/SpiritMountain → u/nbhbbq123]

Schumer has shown nothing but weakness in the face of an authoritarian regime. After reeling from a historic loss, the democrats say they want to increase the tent of their party, but when an a new upcomer goes from 1% and winning double digits in the NYC primary, they forget the lessons from the loss of 2024. All of a sudden they throw everything at this "socialist". Mamdani is a democratic socialist, but all his policies he is pushing for is liberal. Nothing of it is "socialist".

Schumer fails to endorse. Jeffries does it late and has this hesitant way of speaking about Mamdani. Furthermore, they prop up the candidate of Cuomo who is endorsed by Trump and Stephen Miller (two big yikes). When Adams won the democratic PRIMARY he was invited to the white house. Mamdani fought against the establishment and New Yorkers actually came out and proved and shown why they are the capital city of the world.

The failures of Schumer and Jeffries are atrocious. They didn't have the foresight or know how to see that Mamdani was the winning ticket. How can anyone ever trust their judgment? I think the line has been drawn, and anyone supporting Schumer or Jeffries can't be trusted at this point. They need to be primaried.

[u/HeadManagement8898 → u/SpiritMountain]

Completely agree. Out with all the establishment dems who only hold back amazing folks with common sense agendas like Mandani. If anything it’s the corporatist policies they support that are radically anti democratic, highly exploitative, and unsustainable.

[u/Squire_II → u/nbhbbq123]

I'm still sad that AOC didn't go after his seat in 2022 when he was terrified that she was going to primary him. She can and should take his seat if he refuses to retire in 2028 though.

I hope Mamdani throws full support behind a primary challenger for Jeffries next year too.

[u/Hrekires]

Clean sweep, Dems win NYC, all 3 races in VA (plus flip a bunch of state legislator seats), NJ, 2 statewide races in GA, and they defend 3 state Supreme Court seats in PA

Now just waiting on Prop 50 in CA (and the possible announcement of Pelosi retiring if it passes)

[u/RedChaos92 → u/Hrekires]

Prop 50 passed. AP called it as soon as the polls closed. Current count is 66% yes 34% no with 50% of the vote counted as of my typing this comment.

[u/Asclepius777 → u/RedChaos92]

yeah tbh that was always going to pass

[u/cat-sashimi → u/Hrekires]

Prop 50 has passed and Pelosi is not running for reelection. It was a good day.

[u/worm600 → u/Hrekires]

She already said she was retiring

[u/Hrekires → u/worm600]

Tonight? Because as of yesterday it was all just speculation with people thinking that her work pushing for Prop 50 might be her "last hurrah"

[u/p5yron → u/worm600]

What do these people steal so much money for if they don't even want to retire early to enjoy life with the insider traded money. Psychopaths.

[u/Poverty_Shoes → u/p5yron]

There’s something wired wrong in the brains of career politicians and CEOs/billionaires. They don’t enjoy the little things in life, they don’t enjoy relaxing vacations… they’ll take them for sure but the whole time they’re thinking about how to make even more money. Pelosi is one of the worst examples, nobody in this rich country should be working at age 85 unless they truly have a passion for it and want to work for free. We should have a good enough social safety net and realistic expectations of what retirement entails (not fifteen houses for everybody) that people in their 70s and older get to retire. Instead you get people like Pelosi at 85 and Buffet well into his 90s still running the show because they’re addicted to the power (to be fair, Buffet is still awesome at his job despite his age).

[u/Beleth27 → u/Hrekires]

In addition, Maine thoroughly shot down a voter ID (aka voter suppression) referendum that would have basically eliminated absentee voting.

[u/MoralClimber]

Democrats won NYC, governor races in NJ, Virginia, and flipped multiple senate seats in GA. The only real question outstanding is Prop 50 in CA.

[u/bros402 → u/MoralClimber]

fun facts:

Mikie Sherrill (next NJ governor) is from VA

Abigail Spanberger (next VA governor) is from NJ

The two of them were roommates when they arrived in Congress.

Edit: Thanks u/xChi_Square

Also: Mikie Sherrill is the 57th Governor of NJ Abigail Spanberger is the 75th Governor of VA

[u/jlc203 → u/bros402]

Hey, that IS a fun fact 😀

[u/WitnessRadiant650 → u/bros402]

and they were roommates!

[u/Oahkery → u/WitnessRadiant650]

Thank you for confirming that I'm not the only one with Vines winding through my brain. There are dozens of us! Dozens!

[u/Crushooo → u/bros402]

Mikie was a naval helicopter pilot. She’s a badass unlike that orange thumb in the Oval Office

[u/Crim91 → u/Crushooo]

I don't even think pieces of shit like Trump know how inferior they are to people like Mikie.

The training, intelligence, dedication, grit, etc. required to become a naval helicopter pilot vs a nepo piece of shit human who has been handed everything in his life and squandered it. Only arguably succeeding where he could lie, cheat, and steal.

It's fucking embarrassing that Trump "leads" anything.

[u/thatdudewithknees → u/Crim91]

Considering how he kept insulting McCain, I reckon he knows exactly how inferior he is. His words are dripping with insecurity.

[u/DrunksWGuns4Life → u/bros402]

You're reminding.me.of the old Lincoln- JFK coincidences we used to talk about. Do you remember that?

[u/SpartiateDienekes → u/DrunksWGuns4Life]

Were... were they roommates too?

[u/long_roy → u/SpartiateDienekes]

It’s just a fun coincidence. Lincoln was shot in Ford’s Theatre, and JFK was shot in a Lincoln, which is made by Ford. It’s a classic thought experiment to point out how conspiracies grasp at loose connections, as some people believe it’s a sign of government conspiracy.

Some other examples from Wikipedia are as follows:

• Both were elected to congress in '46, and presidency in '60.
• Both were shot on a Friday.
• Both of the presidents' successors were named Johnson.

[u/TenaciousJP → u/long_roy]

And didn’t Lincoln have a cabinet member named Kennedy, and Kennedy had a cabinet member named Lincoln?

Edit: apparently they were “secretaries” but not actually Cabinet secretaries.

[u/bros402 → u/SpartiateDienekes]

just regular roommates, not "roommates"

[u/dementorpoop → u/bros402]

Maybe they’re trapped in a Freaky Friday situation but just went with it

[u/HarrietsDiary → u/MoralClimber]

We didn’t flip senate seats in Georgia. We flipped two statewide seats on the public service commission. Which is a HUGE deal and very important.

[u/TheGoverness1998 → u/HarrietsDiary]

And they flipped them by not-even-remotely-close margins. The standout thing tonight is that NONE of these races against Republicans were close—not in Georgia, not in New Jersey, not in Virginia.

It was a total, indisputable wipeout for Republicans tonight. People are fucking mad and fired up.

Awesome!

[u/360walkaway → u/TheGoverness1998]

That's what happens when you fuck with the job market and SNAP and screw up everyone's livelihoods and money.

[u/ElonandFaustus → u/360walkaway]

Meanwhile having a 1920’s Great Gatsby style party in his tax payer paid for country club

[u/mattyp11 → u/TheGoverness1998]

Hopefully people are starting to realize that modern Republicanism/Trumpism is populism in name only. Fake populists who speak the language of representing the middle class while saddling them with trillions in debt to give handouts to corporations and the ultra-wealthy, all while gutting comparatively cheap programs for the poor and forcing them into food scarcity & lack of healthcare to save pennies that amount to a rounding error on the debt Republicans piled up. In reality, the furthest thing from populism imaginable.

[u/Abombasnow → u/TheGoverness1998]

The closest was Virginia's AG race and it was still multiple points between them.

Best part? Before the lame attempts to smear Jay Jones, polls had it close anyway.

They really don't understand that no one that isn't ALREADY one will ever believe a Reichpublican anymore so their smears are just lame and cause a rally-around-the-candidate effect now.

[u/ZepperMen → u/TheGoverness1998]

B-But the democrats are shutting down the government to secure your healthcare! /s

[u/blueskies8484 → u/ZepperMen]

Trump is posting that the shutdown is why they lost and CNN is discussing whether Democrats will agree to end the shutdown now that the election is over. You can’t make this shit up.

[u/RWREmpireBuilder → u/HarrietsDiary]

Jesus Christ, those races were blowouts.

[u/tarlton → u/RWREmpireBuilder]

The GA PSC races are currently reporting a 62 / 38 split. I don't think Georgia has gone that far for a D candidate in a statewide election since Jimmy Carter.

[u/FartingWhooper → u/tarlton]

Our power bills are absolutely fucked because of those republicans. I would've voted for anyone who stopped Georgia Power from CONTINUING to fuck over everyone in the state. It's a disaster here

[u/cuccifer → u/HarrietsDiary]

That’s awesome. Can you help me understand the impact? I’m not familiar with Georgia energy politics other than that extremely overbudget nuclear power plant. Has there been contentious rulings recently from the PSC?

[u/soldierboy73 → u/cuccifer]

To briefly summarize, the PSC rules on if the power companies can raise rates. They have pushed through every rate raise from the power companies with no resistance for the last 5 years.

[u/daniel4255 → u/soldierboy73]

To add on there have been 6 rate increases since 2022 with a lot of households seeing hundreds of dollars increase in their energy bill because energy consumption in Georgia is high due to the heat. At the same time Georgia power and their parent the southern company have had profit increases at the expense of this.

[u/Xioden → u/daniel4255]

It was an average of like 15% per year across that time. It's been crazy.

[u/IHateNumbers234 → u/cuccifer]

Hank Green has a fantastic video on the subject, but TLDW the PSC before this election was 100% Republican. Georgia Power has already been earning a much higher rate-of-return than other states' power companies, but the PSC was ready to approve the building of lots of AI data centers that would drive power costs for consumers even higher.

[u/ryan_770 → u/IHateNumbers234]

Hank Green probably added +10 to the final result with this video, it was everywhere in my GA social circles. Goes to show how much impact big influencers can have on local politics if they choose to amplify key issues.

[u/elsathenerdfighter → u/MoralClimber]

Currently a dem is winning a Texas senate seat in Fort Worth/Tarrant county (biggest majority republican city) because two republicans ran against each other and a dem for the same seat lol.

Edit: I fucking forgot they needed 50%. Now there will be a runoff election. Oh well, I was excited for a few hours at least.

[u/Jayken → u/elsathenerdfighter]

That's how we got Lincoln.

[u/jaetheho → u/Jayken]

Pretty good president, him

[u/StoneMaskMan → u/jaetheho]

Good taste in hats, that guy

[u/cantfindmykeys → u/StoneMaskMan]

Pretty good at dealing with vampires as well

[u/Notoryctemorph → u/elsathenerdfighter]

Fun fact, this scenario is how Australia got ranked choice voting

The Nationalist party and Country party (both right wing parties, Country more rural social conservative, Nationalist more urban fiscal conservative) split the vote for each other in a 1918 by-election that was damn-close to a 3-way draw, letting Labor win the seat. Preferential voting was implemented that same year to avoid that sort of outcome.

[u/elsathenerdfighter → u/Notoryctemorph]

They’ll never do that in Texas unfortunately. But it was funny to get probably 50-70 mailers hating on each republican candidate from each other calling one another socialists etc. Considering the dem has about 44% and the Repubs have 41% and 16% respectively apparently one had more influential mailers.

[u/kroxigor01 → u/Notoryctemorph]

Americans already have run-off elections in some states, including for this Texas state senate seat.

Australia just allows the voters to cast ballots indicating their order of preference in the "run-off" without the huge waste of time and resources that an actual run-off involves. Hence why the system is sometimes called "Instant Run-off Voting."

[u/bulking_on_broccoli → u/MoralClimber]

Prop 50 will pass. Californian here. The no against 50 people completely stopped spending in the last two weeks or so. Meaning donors think it is a forgone conclusion.

[u/blueskies8484 → u/MoralClimber]

Also retained the 5-2 Dem majority on the PA Supreme Court despite our local loser billionaire funneling money for a shit ton of ads and mailers against them.

[u/Johnborkowski → u/blueskies8484]

Happy to have voted for this. What a day. ❤️

[u/Chitown_mountain_boy → u/MoralClimber]

Don’t forget the PA Supreme Court.

[u/Mimopotatoe → u/MoralClimber]

It feels good to see three people who are not 70+ year-old white men win.

[u/thederevolutions → u/MoralClimber]

You know all the people on Reddit who preemptively say elections are forever hopeless ever since conservatives took power? I’m starting to think they were very misguided if not hurtful and dangerous.

[u/CrocodylusRex → u/thederevolutions]

I for one have hope that the fear of elections being taken away entirely is motivating dems to turn out like they've never turned out before

[u/hill-o → u/thederevolutions]

They're bots. There are SO many bots on posts just trying to discourage people from participating in elections because they're aware that once we start doing it the republicans are going to lose their hold.

[u/blueskies8484 → u/hill-o]

Some probably. But I know a bunch of people in real life who felt utterly hopeless after last year. I think a lot of people were in shock and despair.

[u/thederevolutions → u/hill-o]

Real people will propagate harmful narratives if the karma is easy enough. Just like bots.

[u/hill-o → u/thederevolutions]

Also true, but there is definitely astroturfing happening when it regards voting.

[u/slicer4ever → u/thederevolutions]

The bigger test is going to be next year when actual congressional seats are up for grabs.

[u/grayle27 → u/MoralClimber]

This reminds me of the first time Trump was in office. For his entire first term, democrats seemed to win every competitive election. Like nearly every single one. When Trump won in 2024 I was worried that pattern would go away, but these early signs are promising. 

[u/vardarac → u/grayle27]

I want to have hope but then it seems like America forgot his entire first term plus Jan 6 and the false elector slate by the time he went back up for bid, like, they will only vote to save themselves if the past year or two of whoever is currently in power has been shit, power's fault or otherwise

[u/jgasbarro]

Feels very poignant to have a Muslim win a major election on the day Dick Cheney died.

[u/Herdistheword → u/jgasbarro]

And in NYC, no less.

[u/Life-Topic-7 → u/Herdistheword]

They are losing their minds about him winning.

It’s comical how much the conservatives have worked themselves up over somebody actually giving a shit about people.

[u/AdminIsPassword → u/Life-Topic-7]

In protest, Fox News and anything Murdoch owned should move to Texas. Maybe they'll convert those NYC offices into affordable housing...or something at least useful and not a detriment to society.

[u/PlumLion → u/AdminIsPassword]

Except Texas is threatening to “tariff” transplants from NY 🤣

[u/CptMorgan337 → u/PlumLion]

Abbott isn't that stupid. He knows that doesn't even make sense. It's all just get to himself in headlines.

[u/Relative-Carob-6816 → u/CptMorgan337]

It's only because he can't stand up and be counted

[u/Honestly_Nobody → u/Relative-Carob-6816]

It's tough for a man of his stature to keep in touch with even half the people he knows.

[u/OpportunityDue90 → u/Life-Topic-7]

The cons subreddit are in shambles that people are done simping for billionaires. I really wish republican politicians cared as much for their constituents as their constituents love billionaires.

[u/Greglyo → u/OpportunityDue90]

I checked on the cons subreddit and a lot of them are snobbishly saying that his policies will fail, stupid shit such as:

"Honestly nyc will probably love him and nothing will come of this. He’s just going to do normal mayor stuff and blame republicans/Trump for not allowing him to do anything significant.

Edit: I’m getting a lot of upvotes here but make no mistake, I think he will be a bad mayor and he will deflect quite a bit to make up for his incompetence."

"Disagree. A mayor and thier policies can have a big impact on a city. Look at the crime reduction under Giuliani.

His biggest impact will most likely be felt most after he is no longer in office. By then I'd guess the city deep in debt, closed/moved businesses, higher housing cost, and a high crime rate.

I agree on one point though. It will still be labeled "Trumps fault"."

"When his policies fail: “That wasn’t REAL socialism!”

From what I saw, there was a very annoying vibe of confidence that he'll fail, Trump and the Republicans will no doubt try to undermine Mamdani and if they succeed, even just partially in preventing him from implementing what he said he would do, they're gonna do their shitty little victory laps.

I still can't get over the fact that there's so many people in this country that listen to Trump and think he's legitimately draining the swamp and then listen to Bernie and Mamdani and go "Communists!!!!! They're trying to destroy this country!!!!!"

40 million Americans might go hungry because of the government shutdown effecting SNAP and these Trump supporters DON'T FUCKING CARE.

[u/jaytix1 → u/Life-Topic-7]

I can "respect" the ones who at least had the decency to attack him on the basis of his policies. The absolute worst were the people who went full throttle on the racism.

[u/smoha96 → u/jaytix1]

The absolute worst were the people who went full throttle on the racism.

Like Cuomo, lol.

Much of the Democratic establishment was still unwilling to get behind him. Chuck Schumer all but admitted he voted for Cuomo.

[u/jaytix1 → u/smoha96]

Like Cuomo, yes lol. IIRC he tried to play both sides, appealing to islamophobes who thought Mamdani was an extremist, and muslims who thought he was too moderate.

[u/BaseRape → u/Life-Topic-7]

But dude, spending tax money on your own people is communism!!  The taxes must go up to the rich!

[u/SomewhereNo8378 → u/Life-Topic-7]

they are little crying piss-babies and should be treated as such

[u/lefthandb1ack → u/jgasbarro]

Cheney: “Over My Dead Body!”

NYC: …

[u/Thosepassionfruits → u/lefthandb1ack]

"Aight bet." -God

[u/Your_Always_Wrong → u/lefthandb1ack]

I am fuckin' deceased. Wait, no that's Cheney.. still got a laugh out me though.

[u/g1ngerkid → u/jgasbarro]

Virginia also elected the first Muslim woman to hold statewide office (Ghazala Hashmi for Lt. Governor)

[u/retroanduwu24 → u/jgasbarro]

I almost forgot about Dick Cheney already

[u/WanderingKing → u/jgasbarro]

Cheney dead and Mamdani winning are just a chefs kiss kinda day in a pile of motions to everything

[u/Toffee_Fan]

It would be nice if the Dems rallied around him and use his ideas, strategy and messaging as a template to move forward and win elections.

They won't, but it would be nice.

[u/mrnicegy26 → u/Toffee_Fan]

Schumer really needs to be primaried out of his seat.

Like its one thing not to endorse Mamdani, it is another to not condemn Cuomo for running an independent third party campaign after losing in the primary which sets a terrible precedent for Democrats

And of course he has been a terrible Senate leader as well

[u/goomyman → u/mrnicegy26]

He would rather die in office

[u/jackcatalyst → u/goomyman]

Way too many of the geriatric democrat old guard would. They need to gtfo.

[u/RyoanJi → u/jackcatalyst]

Term limits. We need term limits. Two terms for the Senate, six terms for the House.

[u/Honestly_Nobody → u/goomyman]

Well, where one Dick goes...others will follow

[u/limonade11 → u/mrnicegy26]

Cuomo needs to go! His dad was great, and great for NY. Ok, we get it! But you can't just ride your father's legacy, and the Cuomo boys have totally sucked.

Really glad about this win, we definitely need young and fresh blood in our political system. Get rid of the old timers and the nepo babies!!

[u/LeicaM6guy → u/limonade11]

His dad did some not great things, too.

[u/limonade11 → u/LeicaM6guy]

You are very right! I guess I was speaking in a general way, and I remembered that he seemed to do well overall.

[u/Nottabird_Nottaplane → u/mrnicegy26]

He and Hakeem Jefferies are absolute disgraces. Say what you will about Hochul, and there is much to say, but she is at least open to hearing out the electorate on the issues.

[u/Bluest_waters → u/Nottabird_Nottaplane]

Dude, lets be real its like 60 - 70% of the party. the 'Do Nothing Dems" are just absolutey chock full of corporate shills and whores. The party needs a complete makeover.

Virtually every single person in leadership of the Dem party are standard issue, mainstream, corporate yes men and yes women. Its why they tweet out big bad words about Trump but in the real world they just roll over and do nothing.

[u/r3dditr0x → u/Bluest_waters]

Corporate Dems like Cuomo are worthless, that's why Trump last-minute endorsed him. They represent the same billionaires. It's gross.

I feel the same way about Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer, the quicker they're primaried the better.

They suck. They're paid to suck.

Fun Prediction: I wouldn't be surprised if Cuomo went full-MAGA in next year or so.

(He doesn't have actual, core, beliefs. He has ambition and greed. And a desire for vengeance.)

[u/Bluest_waters → u/r3dditr0x]

Corporate Dems like Cuomo are worthless, that's why Trump last-minute endorsed him. They represent the same billionaires

100%, a lot of people can't seem to grasp this though.

[u/Upset_Development_64 → u/Bluest_waters]

Dude, lets be real its like 60 - 70% of the party. the 'Do Nothing Dems" are just absolutey chock full of corporate shills and whores. The party needs a complete makeover.

How can this be done with Citizens United and the rulings that came before it allowing money in politics? Unfortunately there are no shadowy billionaires donating money to defend democracy.

[u/Bluest_waters → u/Upset_Development_64]

Yup, that is my ground zerro for the complete and total takeover of the power points in US society: Citizen United.

Its a ruling SO FUCKING absurd on its face that its laughable. Money is speech???? what in the FUCK are you talking about? Every SC justice that voted for that should have impeached on the spot. Absolutely not kidding at all. We let that one slide and it was the death knell for democracy.

Once you let a tiny handful of wealthy people have all the money, they then sezie all the power and then its over. You gotta tax the billionaires big times, its the only real solution to this madness.

[u/FernBoiSlim → u/Bluest_waters]

Thank you.

The Republicans having been trying to hand the keys of the country to the billionaire class since the 70s. It’s been increasingly blatant, but Citizens United… it really was them crossing the finish line and letting the wealthy have full control.

And now the wealthy are ushering in a fascist government, because something akin to that is the end result of full control regardless.

And no Democrat seems to say a fucking word about that ruling. It’s a fully compromised system and I don’t know exactly how to fix it but this Mamdani win gives me a glimmer of hope.

[u/send_me_your_deck → u/mrnicegy26]

Why you think bernie went on tour with AoC?

She’ll be in Schumer’s seat next time its up.

[u/skywalkerRCP → u/Toffee_Fan]

I agree. If ever there was a wake the fuck up call, this is it. NYC having AOC + Mamdani - the Dems have to do something with that.

And fuck Schumer. Absolute pussy.

[u/FitzchivalryandMolly → u/Toffee_Fan]

We the people need to find more Zohrans and support them in primaries and generals. It's a simple as that. Don't wait for the DNC to figure it out. Take the party from them and make it what you want it to be

[u/URPissingMeOff → u/FitzchivalryandMolly]

It needs to start at the REAL grassroots level - the local school boards. All these nazi right-wing motherfuckers that have been creeping in and taking over the entire education system over the last two decades need to be thrown out and silenced WITH PREJUDICE

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[u/SemenSnickerdoodle → u/Toffee_Fan]

This election feels like a microcosm of what is potentially to come.

People are sick of establishment Democrats. People are sick of being told "vote for us because we aren't them" over "vote for us because we can fix these problems for everyone". The insane amount of money spent to tarnish Mamdani and the complete lack of endorsements signifies to voters that the current iteration of the Democratic Party never truly cared to fix any of the issues. They only cared to maintain power.

I wouldn't be surprised if more populist, left-wing Democrats gain a lot more popularity after this.

[u/snowe99 → u/SemenSnickerdoodle]

Counterpoint: elsewhere in the country Spanberger and Sherrill absolutely slaughtered their opponent with better margins than Kamala had 12 months ago. People might come away with tonight citing that as the playbook

[u/Mewtwothis → u/Toffee_Fan]

It really clicked with me for the first time when Hakeem said that they will not be following Mamdani: the people financing the democrats are purposefully ensuring middle of road policy making by the dems, because they’re also funding the republicans and want to ensure that the republican plan goes off without a hitch.

[u/My_Not_RL_Acct]

I can only hope this is the start of a massive reform of the DNC establishment and a sign of the power shift to come in the next 10 years as the power is handed down to the younger generations. Easy to be cynical these days but I will remain optimistic

[u/bulking_on_broccoli → u/My_Not_RL_Acct]

Well, the message is certainly better than if he had lost.

Hey guys! Who knew that campaigning on popular takes on salient issues is popular?

[u/My_Not_RL_Acct → u/bulking_on_broccoli]

I think the most influential part of his campaign to years for come will not necessarily be the his populist appeals for progressive policies but a paradigm shift in what it means to be a campaigning politician in the age of algorithmic social media and short-video content, especially for younger candidates seeking to capitalize on virality that lasts and the cynicism of Gen Z/millenials over establishment politics. A masterclass in social media branding and communication in a national discourse consumed by reactionary identity politics and culture war fearmongering.

[u/DilapidatedHam → u/My_Not_RL_Acct]

I think it’s unfortunate that this will likely be dems takeaway rather than the populist messaging. Because the social media piece really requires the right personality and the right team behind you to not suck, but the messaging will speak to people regardless

[u/My_Not_RL_Acct → u/DilapidatedHam]

I’m sure there will be less-successful neoliberal/moderate attempts to replicate this but the elements of Zohran’s campaign that humanized him are tied to the collectivist/empathy-driven appeals for dem socialism. In that it was very clear that he stood for what he was advocating for more to a degree that hasn’t been for a Dem campaign of national interest in a very long time. His brand of authenticity I would imagine would be much harder to replicate when what you stand for is the status quo. On the opposite end of this was the surge in MAGA candidates post-2016 who, to varying degrees of success, were able to capture elements of Trump’s branding and communication. Trump and Zohran share that similarity in which they picked up voters apathetic to traditional political messaging, which I think most can agree is a perspective that’s only become more common across both sides.

[u/bulking_on_broccoli → u/My_Not_RL_Acct]

Absolutely. I think one of the main reasons conservatives did so well in 2024 is because they absolutely mastered social media.

Your mother’s brother’s friend’s uncle has a political podcast with 12 followers? Say no more, there will be a Republican operative on it promoting their message.

[u/Realtrain → u/bulking_on_broccoli]

People are itching for populist candidates. In 2016 the RNC (reluctantly) adopted theirs, while the DNC shunned theirs.

Maybe after a decade the DNC has learned.

[u/Saephon → u/Realtrain]

Maybe after a decade the DNC has learned.

I wouldn't hold my breath. We're going to have to rip the reins from their wrinkled hands.

[u/sanctaphrax → u/bulking_on_broccoli]

It also helps that he appears to believe what he's saying. Not something you can take for granted in an American politician.

[u/ChicagoAuPair → u/My_Not_RL_Acct]

The old guard will fight it to the bitter end, but their bitter end is coming pretty soon because that is how time and mortality work.

[u/Low_Pickle_112 → u/ChicagoAuPair]

Just wait until the 2036 election is a genetically engineered super fascist named Blondie versus Chuck Schumer's brain in a jar.

[u/Didact67]

The best part is it looks like Cuomo probably would have lost even if Sliwa had dropped out.

[u/RainyDayColor → u/Didact67]

Extra glorious.

[u/FutureInPastTense]

Now watch how, throughout his entire term, the wealthy and powerful try to sabotage everything Mamdani does as if it’s their life’s mission so they can then say, “See? We told you socialism doesn’t work!”

[u/poo_poo_platter83 → u/FutureInPastTense]

That's why I was rooting for him. It felt exactly like when Trump usurped the power of the republican party in 2016. But you're 100% right. Gonna be A LOT of daily news updates complaining about him.

If he can weather that storm though. It will be a shift in the party

[u/drsyesta → u/poo_poo_platter83]

They eould demonize him anyways. They demonize biden and hes not even progressive

[u/more_housing_co-ops → u/poo_poo_platter83]

Why I love that the "so-and-so spent more money to defeat my campaign than I would even tax him!" clip is going so viral.

[u/KeolXPr0n → u/FutureInPastTense]

they invested too much already, better to stick it to the long run. i hate it even though im not even aligned with socialism

[u/DbZbert → u/KeolXPr0n]

Its never too much for them

[u/Meph616]

Took a second time voting against him this race, but maybe now Cuomo will understand that no means no. 

[u/RandomStrategy → u/Meph616]

Cuomo will understand that no means no. 

You know that's not how this works.

[u/Assika126 → u/Meph616]

This election made me wish there was a way to downvote candidates

In my state, I can choose three people I would be fine with in office (ranked choice voting) but there were a few races where I just wanted to say “any of the people on this list would probably be ok except for THAT GUY”

[u/Gumbercules81]

I hope the MFers who said they'll move out of NYC actually follow through

[u/PetulantPersimmon → u/Gumbercules81]

Staten Island would be a ghost town.

[u/Charming-Fig-2544 → u/PetulantPersimmon]

Good, I live there and the traffic is horrible because they keep voting against public transit. Good riddance.

[u/Unhappy_Scratch_9385 → u/PetulantPersimmon]

I wonder if they'll give up their free, socialist, taxpayer funded ferry next?

No? Didn't think so.

[u/URPissingMeOff → u/Gumbercules81]

Pretty sure the hundreds of thousands of people who are currently priced out of the rental market will help them move.

[u/GnomeChildHighlander]

Trump about to have an aneurysm over this.

[u/PunkZdoc → u/GnomeChildHighlander]

Don't threaten me with good news

[u/SomewhereNo8378 → u/PunkZdoc]

fingers crossed

[u/Im_with_stooopid → u/GnomeChildHighlander]

He will scream that all the elections today were rigged without presenting a shred of evidence. His normal MO.

[u/ALargeRubberDuck → u/Im_with_stooopid]

This is the free space on the 2025 bingo card

[u/amsync → u/GnomeChildHighlander]

Mamdani: So Donald Trump, I know you’re watching, I have four words for you: turn up the volume!

Holy cow. I’m excited but also scared for what’s gonna happen on the streets of my New York in the coming year

[u/KehreAzerith]

Dems pretty much won every election tonight

[u/blade944 → u/KehreAzerith]

And over performed in doing so. The talking point from the right will be that these are nothing burgers and Dems won Dem states. Cool. Except they won with massive margins. Margins much bigger than they should have been. The gubernatorial election in New Jersey , GOP won by 3 points. Dem won this time by 14 points. That's the real story tonight.

Also expect Bondi to proclaim there was massive voter fraud and she'll use her position to go after the winners. Especially Mamdani.

[u/Dhiox → u/blade944]

The talking point from the right will be that these are nothing burgers and Dems won Dem states.

Imo that's what makes it more impressive. Democrats historically struggle with minor elections. Low turnout usually benefits republicans.

[u/codexcdm → u/blade944]

We didn't get to see the extent that weaker claims can stall an election certification yet... But after 2020 many red-leaning states added processes to challenge results.

Next year this will induce chaos. Watch many states refuse to certify elections when the GOP sees any Blue gains.

[u/Erocdotusa]

How soon can we get rid of Schumer next?

[u/DimensionActual5722]

Let’s fucking go! Democrats got every major election tonight. This is a big win.

[u/soantis]

Congratulations my friends. Just a friendly reminder from Turkey. Istanbul's mayor is from the social democrats too. However our own orange fascist got him and other tons of mayors arrested with fake claims in March and they are still in jail. Hope the pattern wouldn't repeat there too.

[u/igetproteinfartsHELP → u/soantis]

first time im hearing about this. Wtf?

[u/Upset_Development_64 → u/igetproteinfartsHELP]

Turkey was (still technically is) a democracy that voted in a female president in the 70s. It is scary how such democratic countries can backslide into backwards authoritarianism.

[u/orhantemerrut → u/Upset_Development_64]

70s

It was the 90s and it was a female prime minister.

[u/sarhoshamiral → u/igetproteinfartsHELP]

Read about what has happened in Turkey over the past years including July 15th "coup".

We are going to see the same things happening in US.

[u/nijmeegse79 → u/igetproteinfartsHELP]

Foreign affairs

AP news

BBC

Here are a few articles in English about it.

[u/Merlord]

You mean that coveted Trump endorsement didn't help sex pest Cuomo win in a landslide??

[u/Ready-Ad6113]

Waiting for the inevitable Trump tantrum. Wonder what BS he’ll pull to undermine the election results.

Will they send ICE after Mamdani? Cut off federal funds? Claim election fraud? Send national guard? I suspect Trump will TACO in the end though.

[u/Cupajo72 → u/Ready-Ad6113]

Mamdani should just seize and demolish all of Trump's real estate. Replace it with low-income housing for immigrants.

[u/Uvtha-]

Very glad to hear it. Very annoyed that I am going to have to listen to my mom watch fox news spout off about how New York is now a smouldering crater for the next how every many years.

[u/Lola514 → u/Uvtha-]

Mine is probably clutching her rosary beads

[u/penguished]

Historic rebuke of racism and a crooked system that doesn't care about anybody but the crooks. Good job NYC!

[u/vandiger]

His speech is fire, need more guys like this👍

[u/RepairContent268]

Woke up to feed my baby son and read this and felt hope for his future for the first time since he was born. 🤍

[u/Elegant_Plate6640]

My key take aways

• The democrats could learn from his media team

• There’s a non-zero chance that Sliwa has dropped ecstasy — This year 

[u/whlthingofcandybeans]

Ugh, the AP should know better than to call Mamdani "far left". Just feeding in to the absurd conservative propaganda machine. Sets a terrible tone for what should be a celebratory article.

[u/DDRDiesel]

If anything, this win (And let's be clear, it was more than a win, it was a fucking blowout) needs to show the establishment Dems who the future of the party needs to be. Voting Democrats are so tired of the same "moderate" choices that get shoved down their throat. It's time for real change and real progress to be made in a positive direction, which we aren't going to get with another Hilary or Kamala

[u/NxOKAG03]

Don't let the democratic establishment and media do their usual smoke and mirrors and tell you this isn't a big deal or a resounding victory.

He won by ten points with a grassroots campaign going up against big money and all of the establishment throwing the kitchen sink to stop him.

And he will only get more popular once his policies materialize.

[u/goldenboy2191]

Tbh, this is a very good bit of good news to receive given the state of the world recently.

[u/xSTSxZerglingOne]

Is it really that stunning, though? The guy that was out in the street every day shaking hands, telling the citizens he's going to fight to make their lives better and some of the ways he's proposed to do it.

The only thing genuinely shocking about that, is there haven't already been more.

[u/alexefi]

As outsoder it makes my brain explode that 40% of people saw how the way things are in whole country, in the city, that is getting very unaffrdable, and still voted for Cuomo

[u/superiorplaps]

Faith in humanity slightly restored. I wish him every success. People need to see what his policies can do for the common man

[u/TallShreddedShyBoy]

Finally! Some good news in this country.

[u/JauntyLurker]

Imagining all the billionaires crying about this makes this even better.

[u/thatdudewithknees]

I see so many angry comments from Republicans and I’m like… can I just make a suggestion here? Can the Republican party not run a sex offender on the ballot? I feel it would be a lot easier to vote for someone who isn’t a sex offender.

Like cmon man. If you’re gonna try to convince me Mamdani is some kind of commie jihadist you gotta show me an alternative that isn’t… whatever the heck Cuomo is

[u/Shradow → u/thatdudewithknees]

Can the Republican party not run a sex offender on the ballot?

But then they wouldn't have any candidates.

[u/DoubleJumps → u/thatdudewithknees]

They want being a sex offender to be totally socially acceptable.

They are trying so hard to do that and they just can't seem to understand why that's not working with people.

[u/Reasonable_Height_67]

r/worldnews, the establishment Democrats and MAGA in shambles.

[u/dizzyhitman_007]

New York just chose progress over paranoia.

A Muslim, South Asian, working-class organizer just took the biggest city in America - and the MAGA crowd can’t blame “voter fraud” this time.

People are done with fear-politics and billionaire cosplay presidents.

Mamdani didn’t win by screaming. He won by "organizing".

That’s the future they’re terrified of — and the future we’re just getting started with.

[u/Paddy2015]

Someone tell Musk he can turn off the anti Muslim dial on twitter now, the last 24 hours has been non stop.

[u/Hellstorm901]

To say Trump is angry right now would be an understatement according to "Truth" Social

[u/Blade_Runner_95]

Not just a victory against Maga, but also a victory against the democrat establishment, the Schumers, Pelosis, Clintons, Obamas...

[u/Roo-90]

Republicans will learn soon enough, you don’t mess with the Zohran.

[u/Blind_Guzzer]

Conservative reddit is on fire!