Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani is on track to secure the Democratic nomination for mayor, after former Gov. Andrew Cuomo conceded to him Tuesday night following the first round of ranked-choice primary votes.
With 95% of precincts reporting two hours after polls closed at 9 p.m., 44% ranked Mamdani as their first choice while 36% chose Cuomo first and 11% had city Comptroller Brad Lander.
Mamdani emerged to raucus applause at his election party on a brewery rooftop in Long Island City, about 20 minutes after midnight.
How a politician ot paid by aipac won? The idea that if you oppose israel it’s a political suicide is BS
Turns out to win elections you need votes, not money.
For now.
For smaller elections, the majors need capital, for now, which is why we have shitty choices.
I mean, it’s New York. Pretty much all cities are left leaning, especially in the context of how far right US politics have gotten, but New York in particular has a strong movement. I mean, they gave us AOC, too. I’m not sure if even LA with all these protests is going to have a legacy that strong, though Mamdani isn’t the mayor yet.
But for the politicians competing for gerrymandered districts where the mass of rural, Fox-watching morons control the outcome (aka most of them), opposing the genocide is still a tough sell. Just being not-a-Republican is basically a death knell for any of those campaigns.
This. Plus ranked choice.
Yay!