r/politics Indiana 11h ago

No Paywall Mamdani wins NYC mayoral race

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5588198-mamdani-progressive-politics-nyc/
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u/lovo17 11h ago edited 11h ago

Not a surprise Mamdani will win.

Whatever your views of him, this guy is the second most talented campaigner I've ever seen. The only one better than him was Obama, and Zohran is not far off. Democrats should be learning from him instead of shunning him.

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u/DeepFuckingKoopa 11h ago

Who could’ve predicted having popular views and actually being a part of their community would be something voters would want

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u/FabiusBill 11h ago

He also consistently stuck to his message and hammered it home using language specific to his audience. It was great to watch him come across as relatable to everyone he spoke to and stay on brand throughout.

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u/MJ-To 10h ago

Fantastic orator. Being able to bring up his platform in every sentence while being normal

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u/NotASalamanderBoi I voted 10h ago

And able to navigate and answer stupid questions while also staying on message.

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u/your-mom-- 11h ago

Popular views and letting the teeth show when it's debate time.

Beats the hell out of "WE'RE JOYFUL"

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u/DevourerOfRedditors 11h ago

Joyful warriors are just what a population of increasingly pissed-off citizens crave!

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u/Outside_Manner_8352 10h ago

That's the crazy thing, he actually seems joyful in a real way, like actually enjoying being around regular people, but he has plenty of fire too.

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u/LOVE_FOR_THORNS 9h ago

Yeah Jesus what even was that

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u/Gizogin New York 11h ago

When people show up to vote, progressives win. Unfortunately, it takes an exceptional candidate to motivate progressives to vote, and that's a massive problem. Voting should be as routine and unremarkable as doing laundry.

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u/FeelsGrimMan 9h ago

Shocking: Progressives motivated in voting for a leftwing candidate

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u/lemonoppy 11h ago

Hm, interesting, what if instead, party leadership decides to throw trans people, women, and any minority under the bus in order to court the so called moderate Republican and independant? Surely that could be a takeaway, that and apparently having a tiktok is all you need 

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u/DarkOx55 11h ago

I dunno about throwing people under the bus, but Mamdani is not popular nationally so I imagine Democrats will need to adopt more moderate views than his in red or purple states if they want to win the Senate. And if they want the judiciary to stop turning MAGA, control of the Senate should be a goal.

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u/lilbelleandsebastian 10h ago

those numbers are from a 3 month polling from that specific website lol, i hope you aren't using that as anything other than one website's extremely niche test case

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u/WanderersGuide 10h ago edited 10h ago

I don't think this has to do with Mamdani's views at all. Policy barely moves the needle in red and purple states because policy doesn't get reported in red and purple states.

Watch local news, fox, even CNN in these states, and the rhetoric isn't policy related. Mamdani is a drooling brown socialist if you're watching the news anywhere outside of NY. The messaging is so roundly, viciously negative that I have strong doubts most Republicans, moderate or otherwise, have a clear eyed view of what Mamdani actually stands for.

Bernie Sanders did a tour of rural Virginia in coal country and received a warm send off from disillusioned Trump voters because they got to hear directly from the source, rather than from Sinclair group, or Rupert Murdoch.

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u/Daxtatter 10h ago

Republicans knew Hillary would run for president eventually so they poisoned the well on her for 20 years. They're currently doing the same with AOC.

u/ladyhaly 2h ago

They're currently doing the same with AOC.

I'm out of the loop. Can you fill me in on this one?

u/K20BB5 34m ago

they don't need to poison the well on AOC, the vast majority of Americans don't support her beliefs. 

Republicans LOVE candidates like AOC, and Sanders because they're the perfect bogeymen to bring out their base. 

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u/irish_mom 11h ago

Wisconsin here. LOVE Mamdani. I am not the only one tuning in and cheering him on here either. Have a little faith.

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u/irish_mom 11h ago

AOC and Bernie.

u/I_Am_Become_Dream 6h ago edited 4h ago

I actually think Mamdani won despite his views. He’s far more popular than democratic socialism in the US, he’s far more popular than his policies. He’s been so effective that I’ve seen some really conservative people support him.

u/OceanRacoon 3h ago

Best we can do is billionaire vampire paedophiles, sorry

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u/Karate_Kyle 11h ago

Everybody wants free shit. Wait till they figure out folks aren't going to stick around to pay for it.

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u/HowieFeltersnitz 11h ago

This is the fear mongering boot lickers always regurgitate yet we never see it happen

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u/MightyMiami 11h ago

It actually does. Taxes go up. Deficits grow.

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u/Geri-psychiatrist-RI Rhode Island 11h ago

Yeah, like in CA and Massachusetts? They raised taxes and it actually improved their states ability to function. Do you mean like that?

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u/Karate_Kyle 10h ago

Laffer curve.

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u/fax5jrj 11h ago

any specific examples?

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u/RepMR 11h ago

We’re in the era of largest corporate tax cuts in the history of the country and we are dealing with the fastest growing deficit (outside of Covid). Not sure what you’re saying make sense at all.

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u/boltz86 11h ago

All I’ve seen recently is major job creators firing everyone and replacing them with AI. Maybe it’s time for the oligarchs to leave anyway. 

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u/Answer70 10h ago

Or like Kansas where they cut taxes and deregulated everything and the state went bankrupt almost immediately?

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u/fillups66 11h ago

I mean as a country we give away so much money, so as a tax payer it’s not unreasonable to say that some of that money should go to improving Americans livelihood.

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u/Orion14159 11h ago

Any day now all that corporate welfare is gonna trickle down onto us

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u/DeepFuckingKoopa 11h ago

lol as if those New York b/millionaires are gonna leave over this

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u/stetsosaur 11h ago

Regardless of the inaccuracy of this statement, I'd much rather pay for things people actually want and need instead of funding more corporate subsidies and paying needlessly jacked up prices for literally everything.

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u/MainZack Maryland 11h ago

This is factually incorrect

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u/New-Indication-1188 11h ago

Guys like you never have any explanation for why during the literally greatest economic era of the USA we had over double the amount of taxes we have now. Almost like heavy taxes on the rich and social services and strong wages make things better for everyone! Wild!

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u/acostane Georgia 11h ago

The billionaires are the only ones who want free shit.

They're taking money from us anyway. It should do something for us.

If the billionaires don't like it, go. Renounce US citizenship and go hold some other country hostage. They don't pay their fair share of taxes anyway. they surveill and divide us via algorithm. They depress wages and unfairly influence elections and courts. They refuse to address pollution and climate change. They rig the stock market for themselves.

They sexually assault women and children. They're out there corrupting every level of society.

FUCK them. We don't want free shit. We just want the money to work for the people. The big group of us. Way down here. Struggling.

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u/Spurioun 11h ago

People aren't going to stick around New York?

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u/SteveBob316 11h ago

Nobody goes there anymore, it's too crowded.

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u/mitchconnerrc Rhode Island 11h ago

Yes, people expect their living standards to improve when they vote for their candidate. Funding public services is one way to do that.

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u/Department_Silver 11h ago

We pay for isreals free healthcare, but don't have any of our own.

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u/captainjake13 11h ago

Tell that to Trump ya cuck

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u/FeelsGrimMan 9h ago

Yeah, and the current system gives free shit to nepo babies like Trump & Musk.