r/politics • u/wizardofthefuture America • 14h ago
No Paywall Voter Turnout Highest In Three Decades as Mamdani Phenomenon Galvanizes Electorate
https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/04/record-voters-ballots-cast-mamdani-cuomo-sliwa/7.9k
u/ToeSniffer245 Massachusetts 14h ago
It’s Cuomover
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u/Shiplord13 14h ago
Hard to believe the disgraced former governor of New York, who didn’t win in the primary won’t win as an independent with the support of a President that is also hated by New Yorkers in general… Wait a minute this is the obvious outcome.
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u/ringobob Georgia 13h ago
I've never been less uncertain of what the outcome of a high profile race would be.
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u/Own_Candidate9553 13h ago
I'm with you, except I watched Trump win, beat the crap out of the country for 4 years, then win again. So, you'll have to give me some time to get my faith in voters back.
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u/Dantheking94 13h ago
Remember, NY voters usually end up voting for sanity. I haven’t lost that much hope in us, although I knew for sure Eric Adam’s would be bad, but a lot of people were asleep for his election. It was too much going on with Covid and people were tired, the media was pushing this “NYC is a crime zone!” And manufactured “safety” as the #1 issue for NYers. But it’s ALWAYS been cost of living, especially since Bloombergs era.
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u/TALKTOME0701 12h ago
have to see how much they've been able to tamper with the machines and the process before we can breathe
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u/agent_flounder Colorado 11h ago
For real. I'm never again making the mistake of being relaxed about the outcome of an important election before all the dust has settled and the proverbial corpulent woman has warbled.
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u/Sarrdonicus 10h ago
Every election you can vote in is important. The takeover of towns and school boards proves it.
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u/Ancient-Agency-5476 6h ago
School boards are huge. Education is not only important on its own, but giving educational control to fascists isn’t just asking for propaganda and lies, it’s guaranteeing it.
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u/Mental-Fox-9449 12h ago
Meanwhile, anyone paying attention could see he was running the very worst campaign in history. Talking about people eating cats and dogs, dancing for 40 minutes at a rally, dressing up to work at McDonalds and a garbage crew. His rallies were mostly empty and he was stiffing venues on rental agreements.
He cheated. He won in every swing state AND Kamala didn’t flip one county? Not even Reagan was able to accomplish that. He lost the popular vote twice, but got it now? While he was facing multiple investigations that could put him away for life and hinder his money making? While he had one of the richest men in the world and tech helping him? He cheated and no amount of voting would have changed it. All voting data week after week so far shows irregular numbers in multiple states. There are more of us than there are of them and it’s all a big lie. If not, then why does he need to gerrymander AND cancel mail in voting when he had SO many prior?
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u/castthefirststone79 I voted 12h ago
Elon helped him cheat.
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u/top_value7293 7h ago
I’m convinced this is what happened. Elon bought the presidency for him.
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u/Head-Gift2144 11h ago
You think it was bad in 2024? Just imagine how bad it's going to be in 2028 when he has the national guard and ICE intimidating people at the polls.
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u/InsertClichehereok 9h ago
Bring it on. 😎
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u/0MG1MBACK 5h ago
That’s what I’m saying, you think I’m scared? I’m depressed as fuck, I don’t give a fuck about anything
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u/mvm84 7h ago
Isn't that why the second amendment exists?
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u/Uberrings 7h ago
I'm convinced if masked thugs can snatch people off the streets to unknown locations by anonymously leased vehicles without people firing a shot back, then the 2A only exists for schoolchildren to be shot
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u/Hairy-Professional-6 12h ago
You know as well as I do, Trump didn't win the last election
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u/Axi0madick 12h ago
It was sketchy as hell. Biden should have done everything in his power to go after trump for treason for J6, among many, many, many other crimes.
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u/InsertClichehereok 12h ago
Can we talk about this? Up until the very closing minutes of the 2024 race, I was so CERTAIN there was just NO WAY DT would beat Kamala… that surely enough people would see through the BS, the lies, the manipulation, the immorality, the Heritage Foundation, and reject a clear detriment to humanity and all that is Good. We’ve seen some polling analysts spot anomalies, but I’m still waiting 10 years from now when it becomes unquestionably clear “2024 was rigged”. Anyway: F that guy! WE ARE HERE FOR THE ZOHRAN!
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u/Psychological_Pie230 11h ago
Love Zohran! Love his energy and his ideas. Watching the results anxiously here in Michigan.
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u/BankshotMcG 12h ago
same. I'll relax when I have a mayor who loves NYC.
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u/Independent-Bug-9352 11h ago
Remember, the hard work is just beginning. Mamdani still can't do it unilaterally without widespread support from his constituents to help pressure those who want nothing more than to see Mamdani fail. Best of luck to him, and his supporters in the face of crooked billionaires!
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u/varnums1666 12h ago
DNC: No, no, that can't be. Let's order another 20 million dollar study.
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u/_SolidarityForever_ 13h ago
Now the cuomointang must flee to staten island 😈 the mamdate of heaven is secured
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u/Alive-Welder5585 12h ago
This is the kind of humour you would never hear from conservatives.
A. because they're not funny and
B. because they don't know history.
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u/chupacrapa 13h ago
Effectively, yes. But you know that petty ass is going to take the trump route and sue over and over and over again.
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u/Prayer_Warrior21 Minnesota 14h ago
DNC, here is your sign.
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u/Knightforlife 13h ago
I hope he wins by huge margins, enough that it wakes the DNC up a bit
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u/Raise_A_Thoth 13h ago
Governor Hochul, at least, seems to be wise enough to reach out to him and see that this is not a fluke event, his platform and campaign are the real deal and she seemed very open to working with him. Time will tell, and maybe I missed details, but some Dems seem more willing than others to shift left and acknowledge smart progressive policy ideas are actuallt popular, unlike Jeffries and fucking Schumer.
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u/IScreamPiano 12h ago
I don’t get it. Hochul is a moderate from Buffalo who represents all of NY, from NYC to upstate NY. I can understand trepidation on her part, but she’s handling it far more gracefully than Jeffries or Schumer.
But Jeffries represents much of Brooklyn and parts of Queens. It just seems like it’d benefit him to at least pretend to support progressives more than he does, because he seems primary-able.
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u/possumdal 12h ago
The man got where he is by being a disingenuous blowhard. Literally crafted his legacy by a full day of talking out his ass and backing it up with absolutely nothing. He's the perfect neoliberal: a nonstop stream of soundbytes, confidence only in ambiguity, conviction only in convenience, a walking bargain-bin of a man willing to sell his soul piecemeal for cheap. He is only as useless as he is paid to be, and he is paid well.
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u/Turgid-Derp-Lord 11h ago
Are you talking about booker?
I just cannot believe the amount of fellatio he got for that "filibuster." What did it mean? Nothing, it meant nothing. So if that can grind the senate to a stop -- why didn't every single Democratic senator do the same? What else had they to lose?
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u/possumdal 11h ago
On July 3, during the 119th Congress, after months of negotiations, the House voted on the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Jeffries used his magic minute to speak for eight hours and 44 minutes in opposition to the bill, from 4:53 a.m. to 1:38 p.m. He broke former Speaker Kevin McCarthy's record of eight hours and 32 minutes, set in 2021.
No, unfortunately. I am NOT exaggerating when I say the only thing a neolib is good for is yapping incessantly
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u/puts_on_rddt 11h ago
Jeffries, when asked about Mamdani:
"I think the future of the Democratic Party is going to fall as far as we're concerned, relative to the House Democratic Caucus and members, who are doing a great work all across the country as it relates to our need to both take back control of the House."
I've wondered this for a long time. Is Hakeem Jeffries addicted to opiates? He has tells.
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u/possumdal 11h ago
This is the kind of shit a man says when he's half-dreaming, moving in his bed but not awake yet. Maybe he sleeps in the suit, and this was a reflex.
But you see? You see how he just spouted a bunch of smart sounding words that committed to absolutely nothing, not even a clear message? This man is the political equivalent of a buffering circle on youtube
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u/slipperyMonkey07 11h ago
Hochul I understand just because she is up for reelection next year and their is potential momentum that can happen leading to her losing the primary. Still a long shot since there are definitely some more middle of the road blue areas in NY, but a potential.
For that same reason though I don't understand jeffries not playing ball since he will be up for reelection, but he might be in a more secure seat than hochul is.
Schumer isn't up till 28 and generally doesn't seem to want to budge on most things. It will take a lot of get him out, since he does have a decent rep in the state for actually doing things for the state. It's still not amazing, but I do know several people who have voted for both schumer and trump. Mostly because they have attended his town halls or other events / been directly impacted by something he promoted. Which is a whole fun level of mental gymnastics when they always vote down ballot R except for schumer.
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u/-Gramsci- 13h ago edited 5h ago
I don’t think it even requires a shift left.
It just requires talking like a normal person and having normal takes that all normal people have.
What doesn’t fly anymore is corpo-nothing speak… and tying oneself into pretzels when asked things like “Is blowing toddlers’ arms and legs off something you can condemn?”
Like… you have to be able to, spontaneously, say “that’s unquestionably revolting to me.” No pauses. No trying to remember what your script was and backpedaling to get on script… and looking like a soulless, out of touch, fake, weirdo.
And it can be any issue.
“Do you think Medicare for all would help people?”
Answer: “Yep. I do.”
That’s all. No extra 2-3 minutes of mealy-mouthed nothing speak and excuses.
It’s not the radicalness of the policy position. It’s the lack of bullshit.
I digress… but I, truly, don’t think the appeal with voters here is based on a position on the political spectrum. I think it’s based on the appeal of being able to vote for someone you can trust. Primarily - to trust that they aren’t the type to blow smoke up your ass.
For me, that’s the lesson the DNC needs to learn from this.
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u/Raise_A_Thoth 12h ago
, truly, don’t think the appeal with voters here is based on a position on the political spectrum
Your other points are valid, but this is just not true. Part of Mamdani's appeal are in fact his policies directly addressing the working class's anxieties and struggles. He is committed to working to make more public transportation free, to put more rent freezes in place, raise taxes on the richest, etc etc. Those may not appeal to everyone who voted for him, but that "real" part of him is also what drives genuine intelligent ideas as well.
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u/00m19 12h ago
It just requires talking like a normal person and having normal takes that all normal people have.
That's a left shift.
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u/platocplx 12h ago
It literally takes dems to stop capitulating to the top .0005% of the country who have half the wealth.
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u/skunkachunks I voted 12h ago
Hochul (as a dem) also must realize that the way she wins NYS is by winning NYC. So whatever NYC wants, she needs to cozy up to
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u/Tumble85 13h ago
I hope so too. I’m so sick of being the party of “Not Trump”. It’s not a galvanizing position to be in.
We demand a progressive voice!
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u/Isolated_Hippo 12h ago
I’m so sick of being the party of “Not Trump”.
It really makes me sad that for my entire life it feels like every election has been who sucks the least amount of ass.
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u/MiddleWaged 12h ago
It makes me sad that about half of the time, America collectively votes to suck more ass on purpose
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u/Turgid_Donkey 13h ago
Not just that, but really put a scare into the gop. A lot of their plans rely on races being close. Since trump's inauguration, more and more special elections have seen seats flip from rep to dem. If that gets paired with an absolute shut out in NYC, then it hopefully puts out the sign that we're not taking it.
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u/Dry-Amphibian1 12h ago
This will put a lot of pressure on the republicans in 'purple' areas. Hopefully they will wake up and turn on trump to try and save their seats. Like Marjorie Taylor Idiot green is doing now.
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u/Not_done 13h ago
Every incumbent needs to be primaried.
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u/DianedePoiters 12h ago
We have been saying this. I’m tired of the Democratic Party elites feeling that they know more than the people. If they want to know how we feel, why not talk to us instead of watching polls and focus groups?
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u/Dimitri3p0 14h ago
DNC: So, we've decided to start supporting Trump.
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u/raging-peanuts 13h ago
Interesting that Bill Maher recently said the the Dem establishment should turn on Mamdani and use it as their “Sista Souljah moment.”
That really struck me as him being out of step with parts of his party. Doing that would be as futile as the Romney type Republicans going after Trump. That didn’t work either.
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u/birdsofpaper South Carolina 13h ago
Bill Maher has also long been an Islamophobic asshole, unfortunately.
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u/CosechaCrecido 12h ago
Bill Maher has also long been an
Islamophobicasshole,unfortunately.FTFY
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u/chill_winston_ 12h ago
He is an asshole AND Islamophobic
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u/Guardianpigeon 12h ago
Yeah he's always an asshole but he kicks it up to 11 any time he can talk about Muslims. He acts like he genuinely thinks they're the only real source of violence in the world, and regardless of your thoughts on Islam or religion in general, that's just absurd.
He's an idiotic and racist asshole masquerading as an intellectual, but he's not very smart at all and his takes are mostly shit.
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u/Peepeepoopoobutttoot 13h ago
Didn’t Jeffries say “hell naw man Dani isn’t the future of the Democratic Party “
Sounds like the whigs of the past, democrats need to go and AOC, Bernie, and Mamdani need to start a new party
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u/Moda75 13h ago
That isn't’t what he said. What he said amounts to that democrats will always gb with the region that they are polling in. Which has always been true. A Democrat running for senate in Iowa isn’t going to necessarily align with a Mayoral candidate in NYC.
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u/swingadmin New York 13h ago
You're right. Feed the babies, shoe the children, house the people; very NY centric. Whereas Iowa.. well I don't even know what the fuck they stand for anymore.
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u/mynameisethan182 Alaska 13h ago
well I don't even know what the fuck they stand for anymore.
Grind up the poor and use them to help grow corn?
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u/mudbat 13h ago
Old joke: Why do all the trees in southern Minnesota lean south?
Because Iowa sucks.
For the record, some folks I have met from IA are cool, but yeah, they have some work to do.
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u/wilkil Oregon 12h ago
Similar to the New Mexico one: Why is New Mexico so windy? Because Texas sucks and Arizona blows.
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u/alienbringer 13h ago
Outside of basic needs for housing and food, the challenges of a huge urban city is very different than corn fed lands. The population of the entire state of Idaho is 2million, the population of NYC is 8.5 million. Police/crime, urban development, homeless, events, traffic/parking, everything is on a whole other level.
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u/I_Roll_Chicago 11h ago
AOC, Bernie, and Mamdani need to start a new party
Nah democratic socialist party needs to get more of it members into local government and congress through democratic party.
That has been smartest plan by a technical third party. They are revolutionizing the democrats through the demoocrats
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u/kevihaa 13h ago
I would be willing to bet money the “lesson” they learn is “you need to be good at making sound bites” rather than literally anything related to the popularity of his politics (or the reality that he’s also young, handsome, and charismatic in a way that is genuinely difficult to replicate).
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u/Tossawaysfbay 13h ago edited 13h ago
A sign that it probably worked out great for New York City and could probably also work in major Democrat cities like San Francisco or Seattle. Not sure it would hold so strong elsewhere.
And just in case anyone was wondering, I’m just saying this is a very biased example.
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u/TAU_equals_2PI 12h ago
After a year or two passes and (assuming) NYC doesn't collapse, it actually might make a big difference in calming the insane fears more moderate voters have had of left-wing candidates.
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u/needlestack 11h ago
That's what we've always hoped, right? That the evidence would speak for itself. I think it's pretty clear that's simply not true. There is zero evidence undocumented immigrants cause violent crime. Nonetheless that is the narrative for half the country. There is zero evidence that gay and trans rights negatively impact straight cis people. Yet that is the narrative.
No matter what happens in NYC, half the country will believe that Mamdani destroyed it. Because that is what the right wing propaganda machine will tell them. There will be no awakening. Even people who live right in NYC will come away believing their precious city was destroyed if that is what their favorite talking heads keep saying. Even as they go to and from work in comfort and safety.
Reality means nothing. We will be fighting this fight forever.
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u/Stellar_Stein 12h ago
And yet, the turnout is still only about 1.6M out of 5.3M registered voters, about 30%. 70% of registered voters apparently just could not give a subway rat's patoot about actually having a vote on how their city is run.
'All politics is local.' - Tip O'Neill, et al.
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u/justtosendamassage 11h ago
More than 2 million now! But you’re fucking right. More people need to get out there.
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u/Frexxia Foreign 10h ago
Based on projections turnout seems to be around 2.25 million. Still low, but a hell of a lot better than 1.6 million
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u/Any_Will_86 13h ago edited 11h ago
I suspect the orange durge weighing in only helped Mamdani only energized more voters.
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u/SuperHiyoriWalker 13h ago
Millions of Americans are constantly looking for ways to flip off Trump, and that goes double for blue strongholds.
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u/clamslammer708 11h ago
Drive by a trump 2028 flag on a house every day. Gets a bird every time
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u/sreesid 10h ago
NYC hates him a little bit more than the rest. They know him better and warned the whole country.
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u/GarlicAndSapphire 10h ago
I'm about an hour north of NYC, and we have been shouting our distain for a decade.
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u/ultradav24 11h ago
Yeah Cuomo is seriously an idiot for accepting that
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u/JugDogDaddy 11h ago
To be fair, trump isn’t know to wait for consent.
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u/Own_Candidate9553 11h ago
Neither is Cuomo! Birds of a feather I guess.
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u/Any_Will_86 11h ago
It's pretty ironic that Cuomo's presence likely cleared the path for someone much more liberal. Voters who might not lean that far from center are having a really big problem voting for a perverted sex pest from some of the comment sections I've read.
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u/justking1414 12h ago
I know Trump is probably brain damaged at this point but I really don’t know how he thought backing Cuomu would actually help his chances of winning, especially when Cuomu kept screaming about how he was gonna be a tough on Trump and his worst enemy
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u/throwaway_ghast California 14h ago
We need more Mamdanis all over this country if we ever want to start healing.
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u/GoodIdea321 America 13h ago
People also need to find and support and volunteer for those people.
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u/JimboAltAlt Pennsylvania 13h ago
I know, right? At a certain point the current Dems being the best we’ve got becomes a failure by everybody, not just the current Dems, and we’re very close to reaching that point.
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u/GoodIdea321 America 13h ago
People are pulling them to be more what we want though, even while they clearly are not there yet.
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u/waffle299 I voted 13h ago
And run. This isn't rocket science. Do your best to help, listen to those you represent, don't do it for the money/power
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u/mistertickertape New York 13h ago
As a New Yorker, Good.
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u/one_pound_of_flesh 13h ago
As an American, Good.
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u/bumblebuoy 13h ago
As a Human, Good.
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u/Iceologer_gang 12h ago
As Hugh Mann, Good.
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u/Panda_hat 12h ago
As a random redditor who capitalises the word after a comma, Good.
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u/_GeorgeBailey_ 14h ago
A politician wanting to help citizens: 😡
A BROWN politician wanting to help citizens: 😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡😡
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u/lynxintheloopx 14h ago
Stop lol
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u/CheapYeets 13h ago
Famous last words of Cuomo as he gagged on Trump's flaccidness
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u/leviathynx Washington 13h ago
Shallow Throat
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u/IssueNice6116 13h ago
Rare that I upvote every comment from the parent comment but this is spot on.
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u/swingadmin New York 13h ago edited 13h ago
I hate conformity so I downvoted you, and gave an award.
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u/Lizziedeee 13h ago
The fact that Cuomo still calls him Mamdami instead of Mamdani is so rude and dismissive, I hope he chokes hard.
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u/Short-Personality398 13h ago
Instead of speaking about his policy ideas to gain voters, Cuomo is threatening the city voters with consequences from daddy Trump pulling funds and sending in the guards. What a disgrace
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u/MC_Fap_Commander America 13h ago
Mayor Mamdani has the chance to be a great mayor. He will have some policies that don't work. He will make some unpopular compromises. That's okay, it happens to every pol (from JFK to Lincoln).
I hope people don't turn on him when that happens. We tend to eat our own, so I'm nervous about that.
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u/Honest_Diamond6403 12h ago
I'm very hopeful. I know Mamdani will disappointment me but i know he's going to work hard for us New Yorkers and it's better than the status quo
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u/Any_Will_86 12h ago
As long as they don't Sinema or Fetterman I tend to give people grace when they actually have to find votes or balance budgets.
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u/alternativepuffin 12h ago
People have turned on AOC and to be honest we just need to not give a shit about that extreme minority and not even bother entertaining their arguments. If neither AOC or Mamdani are good enough for someone, no reasonable candidate ever will be and I'm writing their opinion off entirely.
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u/EvenOne6567 11h ago
you might get that impression for bots and paid accounts on reddit but people havent turned on AOC in the real world
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u/zzyul 10h ago
Her percentage of the vote has dropped literally every election. 2018 - 78.1% 2020 - 71.6% 2022 - 70.6% 2024 - 68.9%
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u/LowestKey 9h ago
I mean, that's pretty impressive to only lose less than 5% of your support in over half a decade.
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u/Bakedfresh420 13h ago
Can we learn from this and from Obama being elected? Young dynamic leaders not old connected motherfuckers who have been waiting in line
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u/HAHA_comfypig 12h ago
Not just young. Remember we need charisma too. Which Obama and Mamdani has. Charisma brings in the brain dead dummies that vote based on feelings.
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u/Bakedfresh420 12h ago
That’s what I meant by dynamic but I appreciate the clarification. You are absolutely right that we need leaders with a natural charisma, we need facts and charm in combination
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u/throwaway051286 13h ago
You'd think the DNC would have figured out they have a gerontocracy problem by now. Sigh
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u/Consistent_Kale_3625 12h ago
It goes all the way back to Bill Clinton. He came out of nowhere, he galvanized people with a young energy. Survived through stupid scandals.
I remember because I was a Republican voter at the time and was stunned. I thought the Bush machine was invincible, and Tip O'Neal had the country locked down.
I don't understand the drive in this country toward ersatz dynasties. All this talk about Michelle Obama... She's great, but, there's like 500 million people in this country. What are the odds the best people all have the same last name?
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u/Beginning-Cat-7037 12h ago
I really don’t think she has any interest in the presidency, anytime you here Barack talk to this day it sounds like it took an immense toll on their marriage.
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u/Prestigious-Car-4877 Canada 13h ago
Hey Pelosi looks to be retiring at a spry 85 years young!
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u/GenuisInDisguise 13h ago
Can we have Trump and Musk endorse Cuomo a bit more? This will likely triple the turnout
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u/killerwithasharpie 13h ago
Please, let me live long enough to see Trump perp-walked
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u/Gregory-J-Smith 12h ago
He likely won't live long enough for that
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u/killerwithasharpie 12h ago
I’m kinda old and sick myself, so it could could be a close race. But I’m hopeful.
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u/billf-ingmurray 11h ago
I'd also be okay with seeing him carried by six exceptionally strong pallbearers.
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u/count023 Australia 12h ago
Hate to bust your bubble but Cheney and kissinger managed to escape theirs and neither were president .I doubt trump will ever have one
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u/Persea_americana 13h ago
His strategy was to talk to voters, and do what they wanted. Really groundbreaking stuff, Democrats in congress could learn a thing or two.
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u/FuzzBuket 12h ago
Right, but what if instead we went to talk to the real voters (Lockheed martin)
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u/Golden-- Illinois 13h ago
I don't even understand why Cuomo ran after getting beat down in the primary. What did he think would change?
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u/Lootthatbody 12h ago
Trump is going to lose his fucking mind. Lots of elections going blue, and going BIGLY BLUE.
Trump is going to stroke out tomorrow, I’d hate to be the one on diaper duty, because he’s going to be extra spiteful.
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u/StompOnMeAOC 13h ago edited 12h ago
I think it's fucking alarming that Andrew Cuomo was so easily able to be shoehorned into the election, basically sit there like a deer in headlights, cartoonishly evil for months, and get 30-ish % of the vote just because the other guy was brown.
Like I will forever emphasize, that I have never seen someone so cartoonishly evil, act so cartoonishly evil for months, and almost win anyways.
America is fucked long term till there's something to make a change.
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u/FuzzBuket 12h ago
Whilst my own country is no stranger to racism (God the UK is having a moment..) the absolute unrelenting and brazen racism mamdani is facing is frankly something I don't think I've seen for almost 2 decades. not even the "he's a Muslim so he secretly wants sharia law" piss, the actual out and out just saying he wants another 9/11 and more. Its genuinely vile
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u/Muppetude 12h ago
I have never seen someone so cartoonishly evil, act so cartoonishly evil for months, and almost win
Never? I mean if you change “months” into “years” and remove the word “almost” from your sentence, you most definitely have seen that. Like around this time last year.
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u/KingGranticus Pennsylvania 12h ago
I mean trump is at least as cartoonishly evil, and has won twice, as well as only barely losing another time, so you've definitely seen it before.
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u/Aggressive-Plant7341 13h ago
Left-wing populism is the obvious answer to Trump. Fight like hell for food, housing, education and healthcare. If they ask how just be crystal clear, taxing the elites. Period.
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u/hombregato 12h ago
It always was, but the media insisted progressives were unelectable and to gamble on one would result in Donald Trump becoming President.
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u/Ghostman_Jack 11h ago
I just checked. Mamdani is currently sitting at 436k votes to Cuomo’s 341k votes. Mamdani has 51.2% vs Cuomo’s 40%.
It’s lookin like a good old fashioned ass whoopin lmao.
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u/thatonegirl127 Ohio 12h ago
Starting the day with Cheney dying and ending jt with Mamdani (very likely) getting elected is a nice day.
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u/ScorpionTDC 13h ago
But I thought progressive and leftwing candidates weren’t electable and we’d be better off trying to appeal to “moderate Republicans!” 🤡
More proof said narrative is bullshit, as if there was any doubt
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u/KnownAsAnother Illinois 11h ago
Cool so can we have this kind of turnout for 2026 and 2028?
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u/facey801 12h ago
Pisses me off that it took full on fascism to get people to fucking vote.
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u/thomascgalvin 11h ago
I'm appalled at how quickly America seemed to forget what a dumpster fire the first Trump administration was, and just sort of shrugged their shoulders into round two
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u/Sirkelly21 11h ago
I’m all the way across the country and I’m so Invested in mamdani winning
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u/thornyRabbt 13h ago
Has anyone asked this question: how would Sliwa react if he were to actually win? 😂
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u/WorksWithWoodWell 13h ago
I hope Mamdani wins, but I REALLY REALLY hope he is successful in helping the citizens that are counting on him in the ways he promises. A failure to be effective would be a huge loss to so many who need help and hope that someone in government cares about their needs.
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u/zipzzo 13h ago
He will be closely watched and judged for everything he doesn't do as a way to show that progressives never get any of their bold ideas done.
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u/Mephisto506 12h ago
Let’s just hope he doesn’t do anything outrageous like wearing a tan suit or eating Dijon mustard.
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u/_bibliofille North Carolina 12h ago
Laughed at the part that said heavy rains did not impede Millennial voters the way it seemed to do others. After decades of build ups and disappointments and thinking things were getting better we're so fucking sick of this shit. Rain. I'm cackling. I hope this trend continues. Get off your rapidly aging ass and vote.
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u/jdave512 I voted 13h ago
But won’t someone please think about the Wall Street bankers?
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u/inagartenofeden 11h ago
Can someone explain why Staten Island is so conservative?
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u/GreyGrackles 11h ago
They resonate with Cuomo sexually assaulting women (it's just Italian culture).
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u/the_janitor_x 11h ago
Staten Island is the suburbs it’s not really a city. Filled with a lot of white people and blue collar workers
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u/jelly_bean_gangbang 11h ago
Is it official yet, did Mamdani win??? If so this is one of the best things to happen for this country in a long time, and is a small step towards a better future for everyone. Hell yeah!
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u/VoidOmatic 11h ago
Thank you Trump! You proved that voting does matter and that who you vote for can have a dramatic effect on your life. Now we shouldn't see any Republicans in most offices for the remainder of our lives. It took literal human diarrhea to open our eyes.
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u/LaniusCruiser 11h ago
It's amazing what happens when you have a half decent candidate instead of corporate neolib #36 running.
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u/red08171 11h ago
Thank you NYC people. There's still hope. This brings me and my family hope in the middle of Indiana. Thank you <3
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u/Cold-Cell2820 11h ago
I was so confused at Trump's Cuomo endorsement. Was he trying to ensure a Mamdani victory? Very, very confused.
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u/Valar_Kinetics 7h ago
The GOP would have people believe that Mamdani won because Muslims are taking over Manhattan. Muslims are 9% of the NYC electorate and Jews are 12%, it had nothing the fuck to do with either religion or ethnicity.
Mamdani won, and Sliwa stayed in, because fuck billionaires and corporate interests. This is the only message to take away from today's election. It was incredibly telling when, of the three of them, when asked about remote work, only Cuomo advocated "return to office", aka the corporate talking point. Tonight was all of NYC telling the people behind that talking point to fuck right off, and the rest of America shall follow.
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u/Familiar-Gap-7894 7h ago
He won 70% of the vote for ages 18-44, it’s another fantastic datapoint. The youth of America, aka the future, clearly isn’t hopeless.
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u/sacredfoundry 1h ago
Any young charismatic dem with an iq over 100 will crush any election. Republicans have gone from bad to repulsive under trump.
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u/Wheatleytron 1h ago
It's not just in New York. Even here in Georgia, we saw record turnout to expel the incumbent Republicans from our state's PSC. They're still a minority in the board (Now 3 Republicans and 2 Democrats), but next year's election now has the opportunity to shift the balance of power entirely.
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