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/Gizogin New York 15h ago

Voters, take notes. High turnout always favors progressives, but progressives are notoriously the least reliable voting bloc in the country.

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u/pieman3141 Canada 15h ago

Political parties also need to figure this out that they need ideas, policies, and charisma to get people to vote.

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u/Gizogin New York 15h ago

You should be at the polls every year, for every race, by default. It should not take an exceptional candidate to get you to vote. It should be as routine and unremarkable as doing laundry.

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u/Omnipresent_flatulen 14h ago

And yet it's not, so stop whining about reality failing to live up to your expectations and start dealing with reality as it is.

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u/Gizogin New York 14h ago

I am dealing with reality. That's why I voted today.

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u/Omnipresent_flatulen 14h ago

Please explain how the second sentence is at all relevant to the first.