The primary in staunchly liberal New York is likely to determine who becomes mayor in November’s election.
The former governor’s loss marks the “biggest upset in modern NYC history,” Trip Yang, a political strategist, told the BBC.
“A massive win for Zohran Mamdani that shows that when Donald Trump is President, New York Democrats want to see their leaders fight with enthusiasm and courage, and that’s what Zohran showed voters.”
In an interview with the New York Times, Cuomo said he was still examining whether he would run in the general election in November on the independent line.
I am so proud of NY right now. I hope they keep up the momentum and show the rest of the country what progressive values can accomplish for regular people.
Maybe I’m out of the loop, but wasn’t it obvious that Zohran would win? He was the clear frontrunner, and Cuomo is a zombie.
THANK YOU! Finally someone with some sense. I feel like I’ve been taking crazy pills.
This should not be “stunning” anyone. Cuomo is a creepy old man, Zohran is an equal but opposite reaction to Trump – and the one that NYC needs.
So many major news outlets are busy kissing Trump and establishment Dems’ asses because they have become dependent on the same wealthy donors that prop them up. I’m really worried for the future when I see this headline over and over “SHOCK” … What’s shocking is how all of these media companies have their head so far up their ass. I really hope this encourages them to get their shit together and report what you see, not what they think rich people want to hear.
No, never underestimate the ability of capital owners to ratfuck good people out of winning a “democratic” election.
No, he wasn’t. It was fairly close until recently because Cuomo is a really well known figure in NY politics and Mamdani is not.
Polls were much closer than the result. Within 3-4% of each other if memory serves.
I no longer trust any polls. Feel free to try to convince me otherwise, but in my experience (anecdotal, I know) they have been wrong in many cases. Further, I think they can do more harm than good. For example, if a poll suggests a given candidate will likely win easily, it could – and I would argue – does discourage voters from going out of their way to cast their ballot. Sidebar: Voting in the US doesn’t have to be so fucking hard. Election days – especially in November – should be a holiday.
Also money raised last minute and an avalanche of “figures” going for Cuomo.
“But… but we used money! How could we have lost given all the money we spent?”
-Oligarchs
Cuomo was leading the polls by 9-16 %. This is a massive upset. Fuck polls
November’s election.
Eugh I don’t want to put up with more reocurring posts across all communities about some american city election that last till november.
This is a US based community. You may want to block it if that bothers you.
Did you look at where you are?
It’s a Canadian
communityinstance, and the article is from the BBC. Guess what the first B stands for the (hint: not America, and neither is this a “US based community”)Now I hate US defaultism as much as the next guy but this isn’t a case of it.
The BBC posts articles regarding the entire world, it’s not entirely fixated on just the UK
Did you look at where you are?
It’s a Canadian community, and the article is from the BBC. Guess what the first B stands for the (hint: not America, and neither is this a “US based community”)
This is my community, lol. Did you look at where you are?
Correction, Canadian instance.
sh.itjust.works is Canadian.
So I guess a better question might be: why did you join a Canadian instance to create a generically named community about American politics?
Did you think “gee, sh.itjustworks is a funny name, I’m going to sign up there”, was it more a land-grab for a high-level keyword “politics” as a community, instead of creating it as “uspolitics” or “americanpolitics”. Or maybe you just assumed American politics were the one that mattered most, even on a non-American instance?
Whatever your reasoning, now Canadians who signed up for this Canadian instance see your American news in their feed under the “politics” heading. It’s not even “American politics relevant to Canadians”
Not really a great look.
Gatekeeping instances where the guys are great and invited me when I was on reddit? Another one that needs a little struggle in their life if you think this is worth a diatribe about. You really need to block this community. I can help with that if you keep going.
No one cares
sure, but my comment still stands that this shit is going to pollute the rest of the current events/news based communities until november.
good luck with your shitshow country though.
Hey thanks! Good luck with your shitshow country too!
Where you from?
