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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My point on Lander was this: if Cuomo is indeed flailing - as his debate performance plus the emergency cash injection from Bloomberg seem to suggest - then if your goal is to stop Mamdani, ranking Lander might more helpful than ranking Cuomo.

For example: imagine that in the second-to-last round, Cuomo has 41 votes, Mamdani has 30 and Lander has 29. Lander is knocked out by the slimmest of margins, but thanks to cross-endorsements, Mamdani gets most of his votes and easily ends up with more votes than Cuomo. Your vote for Cuomo would not change this outcome because he's too far behind; on the other hand, a single vote for Lander could make a big difference because they're so close.

(this is not all that far-fetched, see for example this recent poll https://empirereportnewyork.com/nyc-mayoral-polling-data-for-destination-tomorrow/ - Lander starts small but picks up most of the Myrie / Adams / Stringer votes and ends up almost even)

You can even rank Cuomo after Lander and still pull off this strategy - ranking Cuomo first (or only after Tilson, who's not going to make it very deep into this thing) means your vote does nothing until the final round.[/quote]

I don't think Cuomo is flailing. I think a lot of people are afraid of both him and Mamdani but realize that Mamdani will destroy the city and don't want to take that risk so are holding their noses and voting for Cuomo.

As comptroller of NYC, Lander of all people should be frightened by Mamdani and what he would do to NYC's finances. The fact that he is supporting him is malpractice. If it was Mamdani vs. Sliwa or someone like that it is one thing. But all of those wish list projects don't pay for themselves. There will be zero money for schools, housing, etc. And Trump will take away all federal funding. Appreciate what you have and be pragmatic. This is not the time to live in fantasy land.[/quote]

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