Democratic nominee Zohran Mamdani holds a 10 point lead over Andrew Cuomo in New York City’s general election for mayor, while incumbent Mayor Eric Adams trails in fourth place behind Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa, according to a new poll.
Mamdani gets support from 35 percent of registered voters, followed by Cuomo with 25, Sliwa with 14, Adams at 11 and attorney Jim Walden at 1 percent. Thirteen percent of respondents said they weren’t sure, while 1 percent picked another candidate.
Lol. New Yorkers be like: this guy scares rich people. ✅
I’m low key pretty concerned about Mamdani’s safety - between (essentially official, government-supported) expressions of stochastic terrorism, to weaponization of immigration law and enforcement, to straight up assassination attempts by far right wing-nuts, I will honestly be very pleasantly surprised if he makes it to the election without someone trying something pretty serious.
And to be clear, I do hope he makes it to the election, and wins, and that his term as mayor makes it blindingly obvious to the vast majority of people that Mamdani’s tactics are the clear way forward. I’m also just fully aware that we’re in the “kicking and screaming” phase with reactionaries, and that those same people are running shit now.
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Like Obama for the most part.
By this point, the world is like that, eagerly watching if the guy can upset such a corrupt, biased system.
So he will definitely be the democratic nominee, right? And now he’s going against a republican in the general election? When is it?
He is the Democratic nominee. As the post says, he’s mostly going against the former Democratic, current independent, mayor Andrew Cuomo more than the republican candidate.
Now it’s time for the “vote blue no matter who” crowd to put up or shut up. So far, party loyalty doesn’t seem very important to a lot of the establishment.
That’s because they only support “democracy” when it is ruled by a corporate oligarchy. Neolibs will not abandon neoliberalism when it becomes unpopular, they will abandon the illusion of democracy; just like conservatives did.
Meh. We’ll see what happens when it threatens their office. A lot of them have already started changing their rhetoric.
Ah I missed that, sorry. But that’s hilarious, I can imagine the Republican-level mental gymnastics that many democrats are now required to pull off so they can still support Cuomo.
35 percent do. I am mildly worried what happens with ranked choice voting and all the idiots that are voting for the rest of the losers. It’s not like the Democratic primary where basically all the “no chance” rank 1 people were gonna put Mamdani as their second or third choice.
I would guess, with nothing but feelings, that a lot of the Cuomo voters would choose him before a Republican, but who knows really?
Edit: I believe this will be FPtP though.
NYC has ranked choice voting.
New York City will use ranked choice voting for Primary and Special Elections for the offices of Mayor, Public Advocate, Comptroller, Borough President and City Council, due to an amendment in the City Charter approved by voters in 2019.
This appears to say that it is for primaries, not the general election.
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Remember, polls aren’t votes. Go vote (when it’s time).
This is HORRIBLE News!
-The Democrats!
Yes. But unironically. We finally found out what it would have been like if Bernie has won the primary. The Dems would have thrown everything at him losing the general. Probably calling him antisemitic along the way.
So what? That doesn’t mean it would’ve worked.
I think maybe you should use less pronouns when replying and be more specific about what you’re disagreeing with.
When people reply to me like this I reread my comment. Your reply could be interpreted in multiple ways. So I won’t just jump to the wrong conclusion.
The Democrats, as played by Prince John from Robin Hood: Men in Tights
There is going to be a LOT of Republican fuckery. I hope he’s up for a fight.
There’s going to be a lot of rat fucking on BOTH sides. He isn’t any more popular with establishment Dems than he is with Republicans.
I think it’s great that people like David Hogg and Mamdani are scaring the Trad Dems into exposing their true nature.
I think you mean Democrat fuckery. The Republicans already said they want to deport him to his face.
Republican don’t have fuckery they just say what evil thing they are gonna do then go ahead and set it in motion all on Twitter for everyone to see.
Democrats run a primary to pick the candidate to run then when it’s not the guy they want behind closed doors they start the fuckery in secret.
Mamdani isn’t committing fuckery, how dare you?
…what? Who is this in response to?
Jimmycakes is accusing Democrats of fuckery but I think Zohan is a going to be a great mayor. He’s the DNC Candidate on the ballots.
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Cuomo isn’t on the Democrat ticket, he lost the primary to Mamdani. If Cuomo runs then he’s third party and it should be “Third Party Fuckery” or “Independent Fuckery”.
…yeah? Democrat fuckery, as in the DNC and Cuomo. No one here is accusing Mamdani of anything.
Cuomo is a third party. The Democrats have put forth Mamdani on their ticket.
In NYC? This is heavy (D) turf. Blue municipality. Blue state. Overwhelmingly Blue House Delegation. Two Blue Senators. Most of the legislature from the area is DSA, ffs.
Trump might make noise, but the tip of the spear is going to have to come from the establishment Democratic Party, at least until the election is over. If anything, Trump wants Zohran to win the general, so that he can pull the institutional Dems in next to him when he announces his plan to take over the city, like he’s done with LA.
Who the fuck would vote for Adams at this point?
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It’s so funny to see institutional democrats turning on Zohran and institutional republicans turning on Silwa.
Democracy means absolutely nothing to these people.
Nothing has exposed the hypocrisy of the Establishment Democrats than David Hogg getting into the DNC, and Zohran crushing the Chosen Democrat in the primary.
The Tea Party had to take control of the Republican Party before it could evolve into MAGA, and the Progressives are going to have to take over the Democratic Party before they can establish a true Constitutional government.
“The poor get all the breaks!”. - Mr Burns
Or Cuomo.
13% undecided? I’m not holding my breath. The fascists and the faithless Democrats are gonna do whatever it takes to tank him.
NYC get out and knock on some doors!!!
It’ll be really telling if Silwa drops out to support Cuomo
Good! May it not only continue, but increase!
I have been told to Vote Blue No Matter Who and I am a loyal democrat. Zohran has my vote.
Adams losing to a guy who spent half his life wearing a starter jacket and a beret . Lmfao what a joke. He’s gonna go to jail when he’s of no use to trump .
They all do
Don’t mess with the Zohran!
I really hope he’s got independent security. Because New York’s biggest gang has already started making threats.
Imagine doing such a bad job as mayor that even as an incumbent, you’re polling behind Curtis Sliwa.
Is this race a majority or plurality wins?
FPtP, so highest vote getter.
Plurality.
Ranked choice
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I’m expecting the dumbass voters to sit it out again in view of the expected landslide (or maybe another outrage happening across the world) and let the candidate with the convicted past into office. Again.
This time the Democrats have an actual flesh and blood candidate who actually stands for something. If he wins, will that alter your perspective at all?
American voters suck, just like they have always sucked, just like voters suck everyplace else. That’s the field in which the game is played.
Being the lesser of two evils is not a good strategy. The greater evil gets all the attention and therefore enthusiasm. Good vs evil is a whole different dynamic.
He brought out the youth vote in droves. That’s a rare thing.
Vote NYC, vote!
