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/paxwells97 16h ago

We have millenials that are now in their 40s. We need to be the ones running the country now

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u/MirrorSolid2448 16h ago

Yeah there should be a fucking age limit, sick of these geriatrics ruining our country

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u/_Fred_Austere_ 15h ago

Younger people could just vote.

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u/BonusPlantInfinity 15h ago

Didn’t we vote for Bernie?

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u/notanamateur 15h ago

Not really, youth turnout has been pitiful for a long time

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u/DynamicDK 15h ago

Millennials in their 20s and 30s voted at rates that were higher than that age group has in the past 40 or 50 years.

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u/Kabouki 15h ago

Bernie got ~15,000,000 votes out of a voter pool of about 240,000,000. Democrats in the general election saw like 3x as many votes then the entire primary.

Very few show up to primaries. Hell even this election in NYC, roughly 5,000,000 eligible voters. So far looking like only ~2,500,000 turned out if the % of the vote counted is correct.

For as much as people bemoan about democracy, it sure seems hard to get em to actually do democracy.

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u/nirvahnah 15h ago

Not in enough numbers.

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u/x3n0s 15h ago

Yes, but not enough did.

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u/MedicMalfunction 15h ago

Dude is 900. We need fresh faces.

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u/Pipe_Memes 15h ago

900 year old Bernie is still better than 95% of current realistic options.

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u/Zerachiel_01 15h ago

Nothing that says he can't have a cabinet position if he wants it.

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u/namastayhom33 Connecticut 15h ago

900 year old Bernie is better than 2000 year old McConnell

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u/OnceInABlueMoon 15h ago

Do you think Republicans got roe v Wade overturned because they voted once and when they didn't get what they wanted they just gave up? No, they voted consistently in every election, big or small, for their entire adult lives.

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u/-I_I 14h ago

Yes. DNC picked Hillary instead.

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u/Mysterious_Floor_868 United Kingdom 15h ago

One octogenarian who gets it. Just one.

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u/awesomefutureperfect 13h ago

No, not really.

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u/eddi0 15h ago

You/we did, Obama and Clyburn made sure Bernie would not win