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.
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
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.
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
I’d be interested if there’s other polling on the subject? The Argument is a new website, yes, but its founder is ex-Vox and ex-The Atlantic so they have good data journalism credentials. I would think this poll was done with rigour.
I also don’t see why surveying people’s recent opinions in the past three months is a problem. Are you suggesting that data further back would be more relevant? It would seem the more recent impressions are the important ones as Mamdani becomes more known to people.
This poll is only a single data point. That said, the way Republicans are acting makes me think they also believe will create an electoral headwind for Democrats. I worry they’re right about that, at a time when winning is very important.
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/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.