He will win |
Yes he will!! |
PP here. I hope so! I’m excited for his candidacy even if I have some political differences with him (at least what I know of him). Mostly I just want the Democrats to be able to produce a winning charismatic populist, because a party that can’t produce a single one of those is a dead party. |
Whether Mamdani wins in NYC or not, he does not help Democrats nationally. At all. But if establishment Democrats choose to run washed up serial sexual harrasers and Covid extremists like Andrew Cuomo, primary voters are going to vote differently. As long as the Democratic establishment continues to put forth shit candidates, voters will go elsewhere. Candidates matter. And the DNC and the Democratic establishment don't seem to understand that. So primary voters will go to far left progressives, who are much more likely to lose in the general. And the disaster perpetuates itself. |
It will just take one average POTUS candidate to be a steep upgrade from the Trump/Biden era. We can do this in a country of 340 million people. |
He is too young and inexperienced, and too commie. Signed, a moderate New Yorker who did not rank him on my list of primary candidates and will not vote for him. |
I think the current primary system with closed primaries excludes the more moderate independents, driving both parties away from the center, which in turn alienates the more moderate portions of the parties. It’s a toxic self-perpetuating cycle and to have a healthy system, we really need open primaries and ranked choice voting. However, before we can worry about the health of our democracy, we need to ensure its survival. I think there is a critical lesson to be learned from the last lesson. When voters tried to express their concerns (inflation, immigration, Biden’s age, etc.), the two parties responded very differently. Trump claimed to care about their problems and promised to fix them. Meanwhile, the Democrats told the voters that the problems the voters were experiencing weren’t really problems, that the Democrats knew better than the voters themselves what the real issues were, and if a voter disagreed, it was because they were either evil or stupid. Now I don’t think for one minute that Trump actually cared about the voters’ problems (or anything besides his own self-interest), nor do I think him capable of fixing anything, even if he did care, but at least he acknowledged their problems. The Democrats, on the other hand, tried to gaslight them and openly expressed their contempt for large segments of voters. If the Democrats are to win, they need to take up the issues of the voters and show them how the Democrats can offer real solutions. Stop playing politics and just solve problems. Don’t ignore reality — we’ve been barreling towards disaster for decades with the debt, it was reaching a critical point even before Trump came in and decided to give it a great, big, push. Yes, we absolutely need to “tax the rich”, but that won’t begin to cover the debt. Cuts will also be necessary. Start in whatever areas you want - defense, etc., but also start going after pork, corruption (especially on the Democratic side) and other areas that can be cut. I know the idea of cutting anything from departments whose goals are admirable, hurts, but any bureaucracy this large that has had 250 years to evolve will absolutely have inefficiencies, and if we don’t cut what we can now, we put it all at risk when the system collapses. We need to look at solutions beyond throwing money at people. It doesn’t get to the roots of the problems and can sometimes make things worse. Corporate greed is out of control, and while taxing the rich more is necessary, it won’t really get at the underlying problems. You need to start breaking up these monopolies and deal with the problems of private equity. Deal with high medical costs. (why do other countries pay more for medicine than we do? If we funded the research, we should be getting a discount.) Instead of forgiving college loan debt, find a way to make college cheaper and/or provide alternatives. Take some (any) kind of action to block illegal immigration, but then expand the quotas for legal immigration and simplify/streamline the process. Instead of a grand political Build Back Better Bill (vs. Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill - Did some pollster convince politicians that voters liked the letter B?), start with streamlined bills (ex. Here’s a straightforward bill that just funds road and bridge maintenance, no pork - the Republicans can either get on board or explain to the voters why they’re risking a bridge collapse). It would be lovely if we could do everything for everyone, but we can no longer afford that. The order of priority has to be: 1. America as a country 2. American citizens as individuals 1000. Party The Democrats need to show how they will support the voters’ wishes if they want to win. If they continue to approach elections as if it is the voters’ role to support the party’s wishes then the electorate will continue to turn away from them and toward any party that is willing to at least pretend to listen. |
I couldn't agree more. It's politics 101. It should be so basic to validate and empathize with people's concerns and fears, acknowledge mistakes (we all make them!) and come up with a plan that most can support or tolerate. It shouldn't be some monumental task to meet people where they are. |
Not to mention he is a slimy hypocrite. His actions during covid tainted him forever. |
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Mamdani will win and then ultimately go down as one of the worst mayors in the history of NYC -- responsible for driving billions and billions of corporate and private wealth out of the city and state leaving very little left in public coffers. |
yes - it will be a poster child for why socialism doesn't work. There is a reason why all the "great" socialist leaders in history needed a military to impose their will on the people, which Mamdani will not have as Mayor. thank God I don't live in NYC. |
So many maga trolls. You’re f*ked in the midterms. There are quite a few brilliant, young, serious candidates for 2028. Won’t share them in this maga troll thread. Right now, we’re actively working on 2026. It’s the Party of Pedophiles that are currently losing their minds, and it won’t take much longer until the house burns down. |
If he tacks to the center and moderates his past statements, his charisma will carry him to mayor. After a few years as mayor (again, staying center left) he could go for various higher offices. |
The usual:
Free stuff Open borders Tax the high income workers and rich |