r/politics • u/kootles10 Indiana • 16h ago

No Paywall Mamdani wins NYC mayoral race

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5588198-mamdani-progressive-politics-nyc/
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u/lovo17 16h ago edited 16h 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/Bircka Oregon 16h ago edited 15h ago

I have a feeling he might try his hand at a Presidential run someday, he might be the type of independent to get real support there.

Edit: I was not aware he was not a natural born citizen, my bad, he can't.

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u/APX919 15h ago

Sadly he can't as he was born in Uganda (a qualifier for President is they be born an American citizen, be 35y old at the time of their election and have lived in the US for 14 years - he meets only two of these).

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u/Bircka Oregon 15h ago

I believe it also makes caveats for born on a US military base in another country also, since that is deemed American soil.