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These past few years have been very illuminating (slrpnk.net)
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Some related links, which I should have included in the first place!!

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/zohran-mamdani-democratic-party-establishment/

https://www.axios.com/2025/06/26/democrats-zohran-mamdani-meltdown-new-york

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[–] 126 points 1 year ago (13 children)

So funny to see in real time the difference between their phony outrage over Trump’s arguably monstrous policies, VS their genuine fear over a socialist winning a mayoral race.

This is why everyone who claims the way to fix Dems is via primaries is wrong. Dems will lie, cheat, or simply not hold primaries altogether, rather than risk an actual leftist winning the nomination.

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    I still think we should support those that do primary if just to show the flippant double standards.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Plus it’s good if some of them win and pull the party in a reasonable direction. And having decent people in government is always nice.

    The structural flaws in our elections that force us into a two-party system are deeply entrenched and they aren’t going to change until this place burns down and starts over. If you aren’t willing to vote for a politician with good priorities because they were nominated by the democratic party, you can still be an influential voice but come election time the system is already designed to ignore your vote.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    I've heard the "we should primary them and pull them in a direction"

    And after a few cycles of this I realized why the Democratic icon is an ass: Because they're stubborn, ornery, and will refuse to understand.

    We are entirely fucked.

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  • [–] 42 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    Now watch as Dems throw their support behind the independent in order to undermine Zohran.

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  • [–] 30 points 1 year ago (7 children)

    Andrew Cuomo running as an independent, and he was endorsed by many dem leaders already

    https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/cuomo-stay-new-york-city-mayoral-ballot-november/story?id=123258468

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Your source indicates he is still running, but unless I'm missing something makes no mention of endorsements. Do you have a source for that?

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  • [+] -9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    The endorsements were from before he was running during the primary.

    I was being slightly fecesious

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I was curious when I heard he'd passed the deadline to remove his name from the ballot for the general (whether he runs or not), and it seems the Republicans are pissed he didn't because he's likely going to take their votes away from Adams. Probably a good thing for Mamdani.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago

    Nice to see ranked choice voting working.

    Not that it doesn't work, but just nice New York can actually fight over more valid candidates without spoiling the election (not that I care for Adam's or Coumo either).

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  • [–] 30 points 1 year ago

    Theres like 2 people in the DNC who have voiced dislike of Zohran, and they're getting fucking roasted on social media for it.

    Zohran Mamdani is a Democrat. He is the DNC candidate. Vote for the DNC, vote for Zohran Mamdani.

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