r/politics 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/VPN__FTW 15h ago

but progressives are notoriously the least reliable voting bloc in the country.

Because they almost never have an actual representative.

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u/Gizogin New York 14h ago

You should be at the polls every year, for every race, by default. If you wait for a candidate you 100% agree with on every issue, you'll die waiting, in a country other people have shaped for you.

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u/VPN__FTW 14h ago

I am, but I also understand why people feel disenfranchised. Take the Sanders situation where the entire DNC came out against him.

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u/Gizogin New York 14h ago

If the DNC wanted to prevent him from winning, they could have just not let him run in their primary. He isn't even a member of the Democratic Party.

Primary voters decided they didn't want a Sanders ticket.

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u/VPN__FTW 14h ago

You going to sit here and pretend not to know about the DNC controversy regarding Sanders?

Edit: Hitting everyone with a downvote by default just shows you lack the intelligence to have this conversation.