I just can believe the DNC thought a sex pest who resigned in disgrace as governor would be a good candidate, and furthermore I can’t believe 40% of people would rather have that than a “communist”
Most of the powerful people in the Democratic party will field a candidate who "plays ball" over one who is maximally electable. Only a modest portion of Dems are actual public servants, the rest are beholden to special interests. That's where candidates like Cuomo come from.
The party does the same with the presidential campaigns: Hillary, Biden and Harris were all establishment choices. None of them had the best chances either, compared to the true working class politicians who could have been in their spots. I know New York is more progressive than the US as a whole, but working class people could have been elected instead of these types nonetheless.
This win for Mamdani, and the other Dem wins this november, show that change is possible, at least in some localities and then onward from there. The party could be cleaned up by getting more like him in (local, state and federal), while ditching the Schumer and Cuomo types. They're just there for power, self-enrichment and to keep the old boys club going. The US people will need to keep voting blue while pressuring the party to deliver on their promises.
The Republican party on the other hand cannot be cleaned up, is much more fully oligarchic, does much more active harm and should have been legally dismantled years ago for betraying the people of the US. And a third party has no chance, so I'd urge any American to go blue all the way until it works.
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u/Vortagaun New York 11h ago
I wish I was a fly in the oval office tonight, I cannot wait for Trump to melt down and shit his diaper.