Will NYC elect a socialist mayor?
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Uh oh. Now you did it.
I was going to comment that suddenly conservatives will want us to be like Sweden.
sure if you say soA pro-global jihad communist makes Trump look like Reagan.
Why Won’t Zohran Mamdani Denounce a Dangerous Slogan?
The New York mayoral candidate’s defense of “Globalize the intifada” is very telling.www.theatlantic.com
As one who doesn't live in NYC and seldom visits, I think having one sane party nationwide is worth more than NYC.
Execution-wise, it's going to be an immense battle with low probability.
Which is a lower probability: one of the parties going sane or a billionaire trying to create one? I used to have high hopes that something like jungle primaries or ranked choice voting would work. So far it doesn't appear that way. Every four years we seem to say, "Well, it can't get worse", then it does.
And the odds that Yang would win are pretty low. The same progressives would have voted as they look like they will now, and the more moderate vote would be split between Cuomo and Yang.
The issue is a lot of Democrats believe the propaganda fed to them. Rich people actually do pay their fair share and some. Good luck with a socialist Mayor. Hopefully, some of that capital fleeing moves to Indiana.
That's not nearly enough. NY needs massive tax cuts for the middle and upper classes to stop the bleeding which would require massive cuts of social services.
Americans moved out of these states the most, flocking to others that were often cheaper and less crowded
Americans leave New York, New Jersey, and Illinois at the highest rates, newly released census data indicates.
www.businessinsider.com
Mamdani leads 43-34 over Cuomo with 410k early votes in (about 40% of the expected total) with Lander back at 13% and everyone else under 5%. This is all early vote, which is expected to be much better for Mamdani than Election Day vote
I’d argue that most endorsements these days are politically negligible.
I was already kind of thinking that before Trump came along. But Trump confirmed the suspicion.
Virtually the entire political establishment was, to one degree or another, opposed to him. At one time, that would’ve been insurmountable for a candidate. Anymore, I think it’s a tree falling in a forest.
It’s a pity. But not a surprise.
But does this make the general election more interesting than it otherwise would’ve been?
I’ve thought for a long time that Eric Adams was a political zombie - even before he became an independent. I still do. But maybe this creates some unexpected dynamics.
But we all know the rich don’t pay their fair share. Rent freeze is good. Government grocery stores are good. Capitalism is bad. Hamas is good. Free public transportation. Social workers in lieu of cops.
Man, utopia.
