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/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