According to the Murdoch owned right-wingnut rag (WSJ) 69% in favour leaves 31% neutral or not in favour - 31% is NOT just under half, it's just under a third. Lying shitsacks.

Ok I'll admit I didn't get that at first what the fuck dude how'd you look at the stats and get that positioning from over 50% support

Okay, funny timing in my All thread

Here’s the actual article.

“New Yorkers”?

As in the entire State? A state that has large red rural areas? Polling people that aren’t even Mamdani’s constituents?

Some of the poll info is from the New York Post, an unapologetically right wing rag that has no problems trash talking the left.

It's New York, I am sure a non trivial amount of people don't care about him at all. And then what's left over are his actual supporters.

Ofcourse, the headline is obviously using the statistics in bad faith in an attempt to spin this in their favor.

Or another words, it is propaganda. Which I think is effective in every language although my sample size is limited.

Their mandate is merely resounding but not thunderously overwhelming yet? Great reporting.

What an idiot headline. That will work on loads of idiots.

SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF NEW YORKERS UNHAPPY WITH MAMDANI!

MAMDANI IN TROUBLE! LESS SUPPORT FOR HIS POLICIES THAN EXPECTED!

MAJORITY OF NEW YORKERS NOT SUPPORTIVE OF MAMDANIs opponents

Nah, the US is just that good at propaganda that hurts us.

That’s less than more than 50%.

Source?

I hate to be the guy saying "Simpsons did it", but this exact same joke was used to highlight how dumb someone was.

In 1995.

Does someone read this and go "oh no %50 don't support Madani so I should quench all my positive feelings for him." Maybe they do and that is why they produced this excrement piece of a headline.

Reminds me of the old joke about second place, because of all the losers, you’re first.

Should they?

This is, in no way, unique to English.

So, a better title would be "Over half of New Yorkers are supportive of democratic socialism"?

More than half support, yay!

Huh, funny that all the other comments from this crosspost are over two weeks old. Why is that OP?