Mamdani wins New York City mayor’s race
7mon 14d ago by lemmy.world/u/MicroWave in politics from thehill.com
Zohran Mamdani has won the race for New York City mayor, according to Decision Desk HQ, ushering in a new era of progressive politics in the city and reigniting the debate over the Democratic Party’s future.
Mamdani, a 34-year-old democratic socialist, is poised to become the first millennial and first Muslim to lead New York City, after a campaign that pulled off one of the most stunning political upsets in recent memory. He defeated former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who mounted a long-shot independent bid after losing to Mamdani in the Democratic primary, and Republican Curtis Sliwa in his bid to succeed Mayor Eric Adams.
Mamdani focused heavily on affordability, pledging to freeze rent, establish city-owned grocery stores and make buses free for riders. He quickly became a progressive icon as well as a polarizing figure within the party over his positions, so much so that it divided prominent New York Democratic leadership over whether to endorse him.
I started the day with the news that Dick Cheney is dead. Now I'm ending it with news that Zohran Mamdani is mayor. It's been the best day in a long, long time.
I can only get so erect.
Ask your doctor if Cialis is right for you.
why the fuck are they in bath tubs
G rated sexytimes implications
Especially their own separate tubs
If I remember the 90s/00s commercial, it’s advertising that cilalis is there when you’re ready for up to 36 hours. So you can enjoy other sensual experiences for the build up. In this case the couple is enjoying a romantic soak as they watch the sun set before sexy time.
Look at this guy pretending he hasn't seen two homeless people racing each other down a ramp in old bathtubs.
Let people enjoy things, sheesh
because Boomers are sexually repressed.
that was the target demo when this ad originally ran.
Mutual jorking
Why aren't you?
Waiting for it to kick in
Wait, that's viagra. Cialis you can just take hours before
Prop 50 passed in California
archer reference? :p
I use it regularly
Hold up, vice president headshots died? Howd I miss that?
So few people cared about him that nobodys talking about it.
Today most people I've seen online were "THE BASTARD IS DEAD, MARGARET THATCHER CAN FUCK HIM IN THE ASS IN HELL"
Cheney gets to set up Haliburton in hell, but then Satan does a hostile takeover, and now its all redirected to simultaneously torturing a kind of gestalt consciouness of Cheney in many seperate, simultaneous bodies.
IE, Cheney gets the mega-deluxe hell premium package.
Except it's been talked about everywhere all day. And I'm not even American.
And California passed prop 50!
This will potentially negate Texas's gerrymandering attempts as thiswill gain up to five house seats for the democrats, and Texas's bullshit (which required NO vote) also gains up to five seats.
Get fucked, Texas. Fuck you. Good on you, New York. Fuck Trump.
And California passed prop 50!
Wooooooooo!🍾
I don't believe in prayer, but only an errant McNugget could make this day better.
Here you go
cyrano@piefed.social From your gifs to the grimrepers cold boney finger.
America's 43rd President is dead? Wow, what a day!
I learned from you first that Dick is finally dead! Fuck him all the way to hell.
How could a guy that was forced to resign as governor fail to get elected as mayor?!?!
NYT editorial staff in shambles.
Fuck them in particular
Working class, not middle class.
This is very important. Too many people think policies that help the middle class help them, and its like, bitch, you do not own a house. You are less than 3 months worth of paychecks away from being on the street. You are not middle class.
Most people aren't middle class anymore.
When politicians say middle class, its almost always so they can appeal to rich people while phrasing it as applying to you.
You are working class.
Just about everyone here is working class.
Working class is the median class.
median class
End of the world in 30 days!
Your satire is top notch ;)
Plot twist, he's legitimately angry, and wearing a red hat.
.........no, I'm just joking. Don't flame him.
I bet Trump is already saying that
Hell yeah. Hopefully this will contribute momentum to a larger nationwide socialist movement.
Almost as soon as Mamdani won the primary, the DNC chair did a PBS interview talking about the important part was the platform Mamdani ran on...
And Martin only waited till after the primary, because he legit believes a party shouldn't be biased. But he ran Minnesota for a decade, and under his watch they went from purple to progressive as fuck.
The only way we lose, is if people pre-emptively give up on the party and don't vote in the primary. So there's going to be a lot of noise trying to convince people not to trust the new party
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We got like 30 months till presidential primaries, and the billionaires are not going to talk about how they lost control of the DNC on the media networks they bought for propaganda...
Ignorance is the natural state, everyone is ignorant of everything until they learn it.
But it's not gonna be a valid excuse for much longer.
But regardless of people's opinion of the DNC, Martin is going to keep throwing money back at state parties, which is going to keep translating to wins downballot. And he's not gonna stop a progressive from getting the presidential nomination.
It'd be nice to also see some midterm primary challenges to incumbent neolibs.
You'll only have to wait a few months...
But we're already seeing them drop out, Pelosi and some other guy aren't seeking re-election.
They know they can't win a level playing field, and if they try and lose they'll get less money from corporations in their second career.
They want risk a fair fight, they've never had it in them. So a lot are going to Paul Ryan off to the sunset and just let progressives have it, hoping it fails and they can pop back up
Martin only waited till after the primary, because he legit believes a party shouldn't be biased. But he ran Minnesota for a decade, and under his watch they went from purple to progressive as fuck.
To be correct. Ken Martin hates DSA and socialists. Most of his time in Minnesota was spent purging DSA members from the party. Minnesota went left in spite of him.
A single endorsement doesn't change a decade of fighting progressive politics.
doesn’t change a decade of fighting progressive politics
It doesn't make Aslam not a representation of Jesus Christ either, since at this point we're talking make believe...
Where's any kind of source about "a decade fighting progressive policies"?
It apparently happened for a fucking decade, so obviously you can quickly gather some big and obvious examples.
How about we implement a progressive income tax, no loopholes, instead of fixating on an arbitrary number like fucking dumbasses? How much money CAN one have from which you'd still take money?
Drop the fucking buzzwords. This isn't a game.
Lol, what's a greater sign of one's insecurity in their own argument than instantly labeling "troll". Pathetic.
Please you never answered the last time you made this bogus claim
Is that how language works? One's own claim requires an answer? I thought answers followed questions. What do you even think is "bogus". Fucking income tax?
What are these buzzwords you keep imaging.
"Billionaire". It's fucking arbitrary and it removes the focus from where it should be. "Centrist lib", you sound like a Trumper for fuck's sake.
This has nothing to do with taxation, the issue is money in politics.
Oh and ONLY billionaires can put money in politics? Someone with a hundred million, you wouldn't have a problem with that? What is your cutoff? A lot of rich people put money in politics precisely so they can get tax breaks. So no, they're not unrelated. And every time you allow a Republican to come to power over the "centrist lib", you do the super rich a massive favor.
Please before bothering me any more on this site, take the time to actually read what has been said you’ve now made this ridiculous completely unrelated statement twice now.
More pathetic posturing to obscure your weak argument. That's all this is. It's not my fault you're too goddamn stupid to understand either why they put money in politics nor how you actually help them.
"Billionaire" is a buzzword now? Lol.
There's no "new party". Democrats won in Virginia by being centrist. Not every part of the country is exactly the same.
But they won. Because the alternative was a literal maga crazy person who doesn't think prejudice against LGBT people is discriminatory.
Now, you can be unhappy that it wasn't some mystical ultra progressive (that wasn't even running in the race)... or you can be happy that at least the needle didn't shift even further right. Now that's not to say "Vote Blue NMW", but it will be easier to field progressives in the future from Spanberger's position, than from Winsome's. And maybe next time, the magical lefty messiah Lisan al Gaib will be running and the choice will be between them vs the centrist democrat, instead of a centrist democrat vs a literal smoothbrained maga dummy.
But they won.
I certainly didn't dispute that. Both won by running races that best appealed the majority of voters in their electoral areas. People here are somehow mad that we got the governorship of Virginia? The confirmation bias is ridiculous.
Because the alternative was a literal maga crazy person who doesn’t think prejudice against LGBT people is discriminatory.
Yeah, welcome to much of America that isn't NYC, a major urban metropolis. And Mamdani still had decent opposition from a sex offender. Gonna ignore that? If you try, you could downplay his victory as much as hers but why would you? They're both wins. Winning shouldn't divide us. Also, it's bit easier for a Democrat to win the mayoralty of NYC than it is the governorship of purple Virginia.
Now, you can be unhappy that it wasn’t some mystical ultra progressive (that wasn’t even running in the race)… or you can be happy that at least the needle didn’t shift even further right.
I'm happy in either case. All I care about is a pragmatic approach that moves society in the way I most agree with. Allowing Donald Trump to come to power doesn't qualify.
Now that’s not to say “Vote Blue NMW”
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Not every part of the country is exactly the same.
Almost like not every part of the party is exactly the same?
The "new" part is being nonbiased instead of ridiculously biased.
If you're confused and something sounds like it doesn't make sense, ask questions instead of making assumptions
Almost like not every part of the party is exactly the same?
That supports my point, it doesn't dispute it.
The “new” part is being nonbiased instead of ridiculously biased.
What the fuck does that mean? Non-biased, is that a joke? People, trying to divide the party to help Republicans win, are obviously biased. I on the other hand accept both wins in NYC and Virginia while you accept only NYC.
If you’re confused and something sounds like it doesn’t make sense, ask questions instead of making assumptions
I didn't express confusion or uncertainty. This is a pathetic argument tactic that intentionally avoids the topic at hand.
Stop trying to divide the party. That's how you uncompromising ideologues gave us a second Trump presidency.
I think the problem is you don't understand what the DNC is...
If you chill out and try to have a civil conversation, I can help
A-fuckin-men! I hope the dnc also gets their head out of their ass and starts embracing the left side.
Absolutely pathetic response. You can't do better than that?
So we somehow made Trump win but also got a Democrat elected? Sound logic.
Yeah, it's almost like there were separate elections or something.
What a stupid fucking point. Yeah, both are true. 10 million "progressives" handed Trump the presidency in 2024. Now, a much more concentrated group of voters elected a Democrat as mayor pf NYC. There's no "somehow" mystery about it.
10 million "progressives"
Didn't give anything to trump. You're either assuming Harris was entitled to something she never received, or do you actually think Dementia Don convinced a lot of voters to cross the spectrum?
Didn’t give anything to trump.
They gave Trump the country. They gave him a get-out-of-jail free card. Pathetic fucking phonies who don't even REMOTELY give a fuck about the issues they claim to care so deeply about.
You’re either assuming Harris was entitled to something she never received, or do you actually think Dementia Don convinced a lot of voters to cross the spectrum?
Dementia Don had the same number of voters in 2020. Somehow, those 10 million fucking idiots were able to vote for Biden but Harris "didn't deserve it"? Maybe you can explain why a convicted felon child rapist deserved it instead. Because if you refused to vote for for her, you helped him come to power. You're a Trump supporter. Hope you're fucking proud.
They didn't give anything. Complete absence of things. Null. Zero. It's especially deranged to think they possessed an entire country to give. It's literally impossible to give what you don't have, and claiming otherwise is serious mental gymnastics.
BTW I didn't vote for him and my state has sent its electoral votes to Dems from current day contiguously back longer than any other state. So assuming who I support is another ignorant statement.
NYC and Virginia are proof that different polities require different approaches.
“Proof”
You know how can I tell when I'm right? When this piss poor attempt at a response is all you can offer.
One or two examples of a thing is not “proof” of anything.
OK then, so Mamdani's win was ALSO meaningless, right? It doesn't mean anything about a progressive push in the party?
You see how your arguments works both ways? NYC and the state of Virginia are different places. Why are you so upset that Dems won in VA? They wouldn't have won there running Mamdani's campaign because the entirety Virginia is the not the municipality of NYC.
OK then, so Mamdani's win was ALSO meaningless, right?
No.
It doesn't mean anything about a progressive push in the party?
Didn’t say that either. It’s not proof that the party is getting more progressive. He didn’t exactly earn their full throated endorsement.
You see how your arguments works both ways?
No. My “arguments” was that that one or two examples dont constitute a “proof” about any grander strategy being used.
. Why are you so upset that Dems won in VA?
Oh I see we’re just doing full blown straw men now.
In that case, it’s the same reason you are so upset about some shit that you didn’t say anything about.
They wouldn't have won there running Mamdani's campaign
That’s true. Virginians don’t care about free buses in New York. They’d probably have to make the campaign address Virginia.
because the entirety Virginia is the not the municipality of NYC.
Hard truths here in this post.
Fact is, the more progressive candidate won by 15 points. Not sure how this proves anything about what would have happened had an even more progressive candidate run.
there kinda already is kicked off by bernie in 2015, The DSA (Democratic Socialists America) has made AOC and Mamdani big and also a number of less prominent figures
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Socialists_of_America
Billionaire will = thwarted
Billionaire funding = wasted
We have a long slog ahead of us. But today was a good day.
Amen, brother/sister
I don't actually think he will do that much due to how stacked the powers are against him, but I think he has shown to the powers that be how reviled they are, and how they need to start playing ball with progressives if they want to win votes again
I'm assuming city council is going to be his biggest obstacle?
I reckon it's possible, though not easy, to use that to his advantage the next time IF he does a decent enough job his first term. Keep people informed that some backwards-ass council members are voting against good policies, so the people know to vote them out next time. I hope Mamdani's the great communicator he seems to be. A huge reason for people's indifference and the whole "both parties are the same" issue that greatly benefits Republicans, is that people aren't really informed about who's voted for what. Inform people about just a few key votes that matter to them, and they may be more active in the primaries (to hopefully swap out their own party's uninspiring old candidate for fresh blood) as well as eventually in the elections themselves.
A win for the people! Cuomo's campaign expenses were $56 million, 2.5 times higher than Mamdani's. Cuomo was mostly funded by billionaires, while Mamdani had mostly small sum contributions.
Why are capitalists so bad at investments?? Weren't they supposed to be the smart entrepreneurs?
AP calls the race for Mamdani as well.
Beacon of hope in a dark time for America. Now it's time for all New Yorkers to prepare to make the city that lifts everyone up in a way that every North American city would want to emulate.
Wow who would've thought that listening to voters' concerns about the economy, acknowledging their fears, and promising real change to address the most important issues facing them would be a viable way to win elections!
So you're saying Democrats need to move politically to the right and promote the status quo, to appeal more to centrist voters?
I'm not them but I think there can be a difference in how we appear and what battles we choose vs. what we actually do when in office.
If every time someone brought a Democrat on any show - anywhere - and they just ignored the host and said "who cares, look how bad the fucking economy is"
And that was the only message. Nothing about social issues.
We'd be drowning in votes.
Guess how Dems won in Virginia....
Stop being so fucking simplistic. It's a huge country and individual approaches need to be geared to what will best work in specific areas.
Feel like your response to my, admittedly facetious, comment is overly aggressive. Obviously tactics need to be geared towards the voters in a given area/election, but the original joke I responded to is that this seems like an obvious tactic that is not utilised nearly enough, and I agree with and was building on that.
none of mamdanis campaign catered to right wing ideas.
No, the comment I replied to suggested acknowledging and addressing voters' concerns, I sarcastically suggested the opposite.
Yeah, I read it as like:
"Huh, building our homes out of heavier, tougher bricks is a great way to prevent our houses from burning down."
"Ah, I see! So we should build our houses out of twice as much wood!"
Kinda related to the trope "comically missing the point", which, as you say, was the intent.
The unfortunate trouble with written communication, where you can't pick up on tone as easily. I'm not a fan of using /s, as I think it takes away from the comment, but I can see how it can be helpful to avoid misunderstandings.
Obviously tactics need to be geared towards the voters in a given area/election
Sadly, I don't think that's very obvious to many people around these parts. It's full of uncompromising ideologues, the sort that put us in this mess in the first place.
I'm not downplaying Mamdani's win. They will surely downplay the victory in Virginia.
I'm being heavily downvoted for making an objectively sensible statement based on the available evidence. We need to STOP dividing the party.
I’m being heavily downvoted for making an objectively sensible statement based on the available evidence. We need to STOP dividing the party.
No, you're being rude and antagonistic to your supposed allies.
And you're the one here dividing them. People are happy someone won the election, and saying this helps future elections, and you seem offended people are happy about this.
No, people are happy we won THIS election, and so am I. I'm also happy we won in VA. Are you? Or do you deny that the centrist approach can ever work?
All the "establishment Dems" bullshit is how we have Trump again.
I’m also happy we won in VA. Are you?
Probably. I didn't pay attention to VA, just my state ballot and NYC.
All the “establishment Dems” bullshit is how we have Trump again.
Correct, they lost to the biggest moron twice.
I might hazard to guess that some of the down votes are because of the aggressive tone you took, it doesn't exactly invite a friendly discussion. I appreciate that politics are a charged subject at the best of times, but I think the anger needs to be channelled more effectively, maybe now more than ever. Which is to say that I fully agree with your statement about needing to avoid division.
No, it the content. People in here will downplay VA when both are important wins. I don't take this cutthroat view, I'm happy to get wins where we can. I'm tire of people here refusing to acknowledge that more than their tactic can work.
Hard disagree, I've not seen a single person disagreeing with your points, only with the way you've raised them. Nor have I seen anyone express displeasure about the VA results, despite you talking about how 'they' are downplaying it.
In the interest of not stoking more argument, I would urge you to take a moment to read and parse the responses you've got here, and see if they natch up with what you think people are saying to you.
Good for you, I HAVE seen those things. What was your point?
I have a number of responses that are single word insults, positive "karma" for those. What do you say about that?
Nor have I seen anyone express displeasure about the VA results, despite you talking about how ‘they’ are downplaying it.
I've already have had a number of people try to downplay it. Just look the amount of Mamdani posts on Lemmy vs those of VA. On top of that, I'm told she only one there because her opponent was crazy. Diminishing her accomplishment. These people don't want to admit that a varied approach is necessary. They want their way or nothing.
In the interest of not stoking more argument, I would urge you to take a moment to read and parse the responses you’ve got here, and see if they natch up with what you think people are saying to you.
Yeah, they are. You can choose not to believe me, I don't care. I know I'm not lying.
I think it's probably contextual, the single word insults might fit better with the thread they're in. But here, you've waded into a thread on a specific subject to insult and berate people for (supposedly) not being excited enough about a different subject. And then respond to anyone trying to give you feedback by accusing them of not being excited enough about that other subject despite them saying nothing about it.
I think it’s probably contextual, the single word insults might fit better with the thread they’re in.
I think you're making baseless assumptions rather than admit maybe you were wrong. I've been called "delusional" for merely saying the elections prove a varied approach is needed based on locality.
How convenient that you get to make a correlation based on "probably". You just invented the context to try win some argument? I'd rather be outright insulted.
I'm going to be honest, I have no idea what you're on about now. You said something happens, I offered a potential theory, you can take it or leave it. Based on this thread alone, I've seen you responding aggressively to people entirely unprompted, and accusing them of saying things they haven't. I'm not sure how much more productive conversation we could have, I'm willing to try, but I think the best shout might be to just draw a line under things there.
They live in a bubble and insult anyone who tries to correct them.
Nope, not everyone downvoted because of the content. I enjoy down voting people who sound like assholes. And you fit the bill.
I expect people to downvote me when I talk like an asshole too. Which probably happens more often than I'd like to internalize.
I'm not saying EVERYONE did for that reason.
Your theory is completely wrong though. I have several responses to my comments that are just insults, not even a point being made. Single word responses that are insults. Guess what? They all have a ton of upvotes. Pretty much blows that theory out of the water.
It's the content. People here want to pretend like ONLY Mamdani won. Because the VA victory goes against their narrative. They refuse to objectively evaluate reality. They'd probably rather we'd lost in VA.
I didn't theorize anything though. I told you why I, personally, hit that downvote button. And I have definitely been downvoted for being an asshole here. I know I deserve it sometimes.
As for people not wanting to talk about VA. I have no opinion on that. I only have a few friends in VA and none of them are the type to tell me how they feel about a local election.
I didn’t theorize anything though. I told you why I, personally, hit that downvote button.
Let's not be dishonest here. You spoke for more than just yourself. You used the word "anyone", for fuck's sake.
You're completely ignoring what I said. I've been called "delusional" for merely stating the elections prove a varied approach is necessary, depending on locality. A single word insult, it has a bunch of upvotes. I think the reason you quite clearly deliberately chose to ignore this is that you know if demolishes your theory. And yes, that theory you proposed was worded to encompass more than yourself.
Completely ignoring what your interlocutor said to continue going on about the same shit. Where have I seen that before?
Oh yeah - Most of your comments.
I don't have a theory. I stated a fact about MY downvote. You are just in love with arguing for nothing.
Have a day.
I expect people to vote based on agreement or disagreement. And I'm not going coddle anybody, it IS fucking simplistic and it hurts the causes they supposedly dearly support.
no it's probably just because he's young and posts good videos on social media right? /s
Chaney is dead, Mamdani wins? Good news for the nation as my personal life is shit.
Genuinely uplifting in a way. Thank you to all the NYC voters making a difference. And a big thank you to anyone to visits Chaney's grave to piss on it.
Tonight, feel good. And tomorrow I hope things get better for you.
Hopefully they do. It's bad news today personally, the person who's been harassing my family since January, is now the manager of the place we live in. He's tried to get us evicted before, and restrict things that other tenats use, and treat worse.
He's harassed my brother, then me, then my dad. The management did nothing about his documented actions. Or his fistfights he has started and lost both times. Or this, or that. He's genuinely a bad person.
And the new manager was going to be someone else, but the landlord kicked her out before she even stayed a full month.
My country's (very politically aligned) public news station described Mamdani as "communist" and "anti-Semitic".
I am always a bit disgusted by Italian public service news station, this one was particularly telling at how biased it can be.
TG2, right? The other day they were saying that there was no genocide at all in Gaza, just "extremely targeted attacks against terrorists"
It's so extremely targeted that it kills kids before they can become terrorist... /s
Pre-targeted strikes
I think you dropped a letter
Pre-K-targeted strikes
🤣🤣
It's funny until it's not. They literally called our kids "children of the darkness", "little snakes", and "future terrorists" to justify dropping 100 killotons of explosives as of August 2025, the equivalent of 66.67 of the bombs dropped on Hiroshima.
And the world is mostly silent, and Democrats telling us to shut up and vote blue no matter who.
Hopefully it should give you some insight into who that news station is meant to serve.
Here's a hint: it's not the public.
Is he not a Communist? :(
No, he's a democratic socialist.
I wish!
Not even close.
“Trump signs executive order that Cuomo actually won and that Dick Cheney is still alive.”
The Empire will strike back folks. Brace yourselves and don't self-congratulate too much, the real fight starts now. Good luck, American friends!
Happy to see the Cuomo campaign fail and waste all that $$$ in the process. Fuck him
I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of elitists suddenly cried out in terror and suddenly clutched their pearls.
NY billionaires after getting home from their Gatsby weekend and hearing the news
This is what I'd love to see sent to every butt-mad dipshit that is queening out over Mamdani, and acting like he is the second coming of Karl Marx, FFS. 🤣
Such a nice sound.
The first thing my conservative acquaintance wrote was "I hope you re ready for another 9-11" because now its coming" They are really scared eh
Yet conservatives get mad about Kirk jokes and wonder why they get kicked off platforms.
Or just jail them even when quoting their supreme pedo leader.
(Probably not the best source link but a quick search will surely find more)
So in conservative brain damaged logic, Giuliani was a Muslim, Socialist Democrat somehow responsible for 9/11.
You need better acquaintances.
This was my comparable train of thought.. Giuliana was elected so 9-11 could happen! He is fully responsible no? /s
Is that a threat?
Did you ask them why they think that would cause it?
That would be because of photos with the Imam Siraj Wahhaj.. Who according to conservatives was organizer of the 1993 wtc bombing.. but was not indicted or convicted of anything related to it.
Tbh the part about his views in his Wikipedia article doesn't sound so good
To be fair, this is a personal 9/11 for every conservative piss baby who lives in an imaginary world where every paranoid delusion they have about Mamdani is real.
They don't even think of New York City as "real America" in the first place. Connecting this to where 9/11 actually happened doesn't occur to them.
Why do you have conservative acquaintances?
Because thats what adults do, they are capable of communicating and being near people with different values and opinions.
"if there’s a Nazi at the table and 10 other people sitting there talking to him, you got a table with 11 Nazis."
The "acquaintance" needs a punch in the fucking face and a goodbye.
Thank you.
You do realize that having witty quotes doesnt change anything right? It might be rhetorically effective at face value, but there is no value other than hate at display here.
If hating nazis is wrong, I don't want to be right
Not every conservative is a MAGA cultist nor a nazi, it’s ok to have friends and acquaintances with different political views and belief systems from yourself. You’re doing the “everyone I disagree with is a nazi” thing.
Not every conservative is a MAGA cultist nor a nazi,
Never said they were.
it’s ok to have friends and acquaintances with different political views and belief systems from yourself
Unless their beliefs say that others are lesser, or wrong, like LGBTQ people shouldn't exist.
You’re doing the “everyone I disagree with is a nazi” thing.
Really not though, not sure how you think that is the case
Good, because I fucking hate nazis. Do you?
Demonizing people “not like us” is exactly how we got Trump. Not every conservative is a racist monster, most of them are just confused, or heavily gaslit from years of Fox News style propaganda. I’ve personally got a few of my conservative friends and family to see the problems with Donnie Cheeto and openly rebuke his decision making. “Punching someone in the face” for making a poor choice isn’t going to do shit for us when shit gets real, changing their minds will. Not saying everyone on that side of the fence is clear, and I sure as hell hope people complicit with these horrific ice raids etc get locked the fuck up for a long time. Same with all of trumps lap dogs.
Nah, at this point there's no excuses. If you're uninformed today, it's malicious. If you actively support a party of traitors and domestic terrorists, you're super malicious. All nuance has been strangled and trampled down to mush about 9 years ago.
I don’t want to live in a world where we find others with opposing views as hopeless. Anger and hate only lead to darker places. We need to hold people accountable but we should never let blind rage control our decision making.
I agree with you. But how many times does a friend need to bicycle kick you in the balls before you stop calling them, and possibly call the police?
You're kicking off over an acquaintance?
You shouldn't exclude people from your circles for different political views.
How are you going to reach them and get some sense back into their boggled minds if you distance yourself only?
The reactions from the right are gonna be hilarious.
And dangerous
ICE roaming NYC in 5....4....3...2...
I don't think you need to start the countdown that high, maybe start it 3...
(Invasion of NY by National Guard)
sounds of civil war in the distance
That would be less hilarious.
Cant wait too see all of those snowflakes reactions
I'm slightly worried seeing how irrational they can be.
I hope NY will be all right, but when they won't even let some rando criticise their administration without being violent, there's no way there won't be a completely over the top response to this.
Congratulations to Americans and new yorkers in particular! Hoping real change for quality of life succeeds
If they would let him get to work it would be great, unfortunately a lot of his energy in the first year will be fighting off Trump and other billionaires trying to remove him or throw roadblocks in his way.
At least he’s not alone. Seems newsom has been battening down the hatches quite fine already on how to fight back
Mayor ≠ Governor of a state
It's gonna be a different fight
Fuck yes! That’s really good news and that it well needed right now!
Yep, some people hate muslims, socialism, stuff like that.
10 bucks says a lot of that was bum-ass east jersey Staten island.
It’s hilarious as a Canadian, I’ve never been to NY but all the way back to watching shows like Seinfeld and other shows from back in the day based in NY, they all talk about Staten Island like it’s a whole different breed of crazy over there.
Staten Island is NYC’s trailer park.
(And they actually have a trailer park. Yes, there is technically a trailer park within NYC limits.)
Staten Island so crazy that R* didn't know how to make fun of it in GTA IV and just left it out.
Ay, shut it. Jersey remains solid blue. Everyone thought Jersey was going to be a close race and then it wasn't.
Read my comment again, bud.
Typical jersey, always gotta be the center of attention. 😂
I’d also wager a number of republicans voted for Cuomo to try and block Mamdani
NYC has rank choice voting, so that doesn't work
That's only for the primaries. For this round, you had to pick one.
Only in the primary, not in the general election.
Why the fuck would they do that?!? Is changing that one of his campaign promises?
I don't know why, but if I had to guess, because it was easier to get the amendment to the city charter passed if they excluded the general election. Once they prove it works maybe it will be easier to expand the scope.
I haven't heard him mention it, but I bet he would be in favor of it.
It is crazy what giving people to vote for something, instead just voting against someone can produce some great results. Mamdani had to take on a class on billionaires and the old DNC leadership he who didn't want to back him. It is funny af to see Chuck the leader of Dems show vote blue no matter who was fake. He most likely voted for Cuomo.
Welp time to see Trump flail his arms and cry like the man child he is
His diapers are gonna be ground zero all day today
Trump: Ha, that's my secret Mr Stark... My diapers are always full!
Hoping to see.his meltdown on truth social screenshotted today
aaaand it started
Love to see that Silwa did in fact split the conservative vote, but Mamdani would've won anyway.
not only winning, but also currently on pace for a majority of votes cast in (essentially) a 3-way race.
Mamdani would also win under proportional representation as a leader should.
I will forever respect Sliwa for sticking it out. He’s a real one. Maybe Mamdani can make him the head of the parade department.
Lowkey feel bad that he got crushed compared to Cuomo.
Thank him for his unnecessary service, again, in splitting the dickhead vote
Curtis has great "confused but well-meaning Grandpa" vibes.
He was saying Zohran's name wrong because he couldn't remember it. Not because he was being an asshole.
He fell for the AI ad but still defended "cultural differences" as normal (and not a negative).
My point is, he's wrong about a lot, but I'll give him credit for trying.
I'm super curious about voter turnout.
Highest since '69. I'll come back with link.
ETA: https://www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/04/record-voters-ballots-cast-mamdani-cuomo-sliwa/
Being progressive increased voter turnout?
What a surprise to anyone who doesn't have two braincells to rub together!
But I was told by the smug libs that progressives don't win elections, and that we need to cater to the "former" fascists who voted for Trump!
Also known as the Clinton-Kamala Maneuver.
Was already historic high when I checked earlier today. So, record turnout.
My mother, the only family that I have left that I will talk to sent me a text asking if any other cities will have a "radical Islamist" mayor. I ignored it because I could not find the words to explain that what she described isn't a thing without destroying the one connection to my family I have left.
"You really will believe anything they tell you"
Has 24-hour TV news cycle running in the background during phone calls
Fox News isn't TV news...
By their own admission, they're "entertainment".
I mean we do too. We rely on information on the internet, which could all be fake. And that's worrying me, actually. Have we been there in person? No? Then how do we know, actually?
Just like in science, you delegate your trust to experts in their field as reputable sources of information, since you yourself are not an expert
Your only responsibility is to locate such sources, rare though they may be. Always look at the URL of a news source, and if it's not one you recognize, ignore the headline.
sounds like picking-your-side to me
It can be, though I'd urge anyone to go for balanced sources and recognize the biases of the URLs that frequently pop up
Sometimes it’s important to choose which side you’re not on.
The key distinction is a lack of critical thought.
We’re in the age of information. Go back to philosophy class or learn to apply critical thinking and information filtering.
“radical Islamist”
Lol "radical islamist" who supports LGBT rights?
(actual "radical islamists" would be anti LGBT)
Yes just like radical Christians, radical Muslims don't like anything gay, female etc. There is a reason in some Middle Eastern countries women can't go outside without a man "protecting" them.
And attends pub crawls.
Oh the right wing have a response to that. Its a Muslim tactic called Takia, apparently. You deceive and manipulate people to push your sharia agenda or something. PBDs friends were coping about it:
(My spouse is a professor so the full spectrum of media gets played. Some of its awful, sometimes I feel my brain leaking out of my ears)
He's a "radical, Muslim" not a "radical muslim" :D
I’m so sorry about that.
It's always strange to me whenever I hear people describe their relationships with their family members the way you would describe an ongoing argument with a troll baiting you in a youtube comments' section.
I mean... she sent that to you apropos of nothing? Not even "How are the kids/How's your job"? Just to get a reaction out of you?
I don't understand modern-day American nuclear "family" dynamics at all...
Drop that nazi bitch and find a better family.
Sometimes in the real world, there's this thing we have to exercise called "nuance." She is 85 with heavy dementia and has nothing to do but watch TV in the nursing home. No, I won't drop the only person that still gives a shit about me because her mind is mostly gone and is stressed that she is being told that she won't have anywhere to live in a month. I'm going to be in that situation myself in a couple weeks.
Fucking bitch.
So happy to see a clean sweep on EVERY major election across the country for dems and freedom. We cannot take the foot of the gas, the white house is currently working HARD to find ways to take away Mamdani's win and hurt New Yorkers because they voted against the king.
We need to maintain the pressure.
This is nice. I was really worried there would be some last minute funny business with Cuomo, but things worked out for once!
There were last minute funny ads at least, but I don't think they did Cuomo any favors.
facebook is going wild. they are circulating an image from (what they propose) is ISIS endorsing zohran for winning. the best comment was "this is like 9/11 again!"
Lovely news to wake up to, thanks.
Bravo!!! Hopefully the DSA will grow too.
I'm hoping that it inspires the dsa to finally become a political party
DSA as a full political party all but guarantees we lose... everything. It only basically worked for Mamdani because cuomo is just that genuinely hated (he is ted cruz levels of unlikeable...) and... even then, I suspect he would have won if he won the primary. In any election where republicans actually stand a chance, it is all but guaranteeing failure.
Assuming we actually have elections going forward (oy), the DSA and leftists need to take over the Democrats. Pelosi is allegedly announcing she is retiring tomorrow and Jeffries is... romney/mccain levls of unlikeable. Keep pushing candidates like AOC, Mamdani, and Kat Abughazaleh who genuinely inspire the voterbase whether they are gen z realizing things can be better or millennials remembering when we were less broken by the world. And do a lot less of the "going full throttle behind any white guy who pretends to be progressive no matter how shitty he is on tape".
Mamdani and AOC are genuinely successful. Kat is going to get smoked in the ninth district election in March, and its unlikely to even be close. No one should really be expecting otherwise.
Im not saying she isnt a great candidate and a strong community organizer, but she is by no means expected to do well in that race. If something else happens that would be great, but remaining realistic is important
Kat's an underdog contender in the same way Zohran was; I wouldn't count her out so handedly. She's paying attention to how to run a primary campaign and her opponents (who admittedly are more established) likely won't have as much energy. Admittedly, they aren't Cuemo levels of disliked, though.
Simply the fact that anyone is talking about a house seat now outside of IL-9 says much, though. Personally, while I enjoy her journalism and like her stance, what I'm more curious about is her connections to The Onion through her partner, uh... Tim Onion (I forget his name, but he's a chaotic progressive rich guy who bought it recently). Will it make for a more impactful campaign? She obviously can't make it into a joke run but they must have some very creative and interesting people on their side, not to mention some private money to counter corporate interests.
Ben Collins.
Yeah. I am generally not too confident on Kat's chances but she 100% knows how the game is played and is doing everything right. But also? Her district is pretty safe either way. I would rather more progressive voices but it isn't like there is the risk of losing it to the republicans (... if there are elections).
But there are two aspects to this:
First? It is the fucking primaries. This is when you get all the yahoos out there to actually talk about what The People want but have no chance of getting in America. Get people interested, see what platforms work, and so forth. And when someone wins? Have EVERYONE endorse them. Don't play the game of "I should have won" and instead actually get concessions on some of the more iffy policy and make damned sure the people who Believed get back out there in November.
But also? Democrats might get a short term victory if they focus purely on "who can win". We saw the DNC try that with showcasing liz fucking cheney and we see the efforts in maine to put the full force of progressivism and the DNC behind a fucking nazi who worked for blackwater but pinky swears he'll vote for medicare for all before getting drinks with fetterman. And... the DNC picked the wrong chud but Lil Skorzeny would sweep the parts of Maine that still fly the confederate flag (so... most of it) handily.
But... all that does is alienate the people the Left actually is supposed to fight for. And when both parties are evil hateful chuds... all you really get are "I want something different". Biden won because he wasn't trump in 2020. And trump won because he wasn't Biden in 2024. That's fine if all you care about is the color of the flag on election night. Not so much if you actually care about the country and the people around you.
And that is why we need to support these candidates who, for lack of a more entertaining term, give a shit. AOC does less picket line work these days but she is constantly speaking for The People and directly speaking to her constituents (and those of us who wish we were) near constantly. Same with Mamdani who is rocking the gay bars and taxi queues in between speeches. And Kat is out there on the picket lines getting her ass beat. Combine that with moderately firm platforms and... all those people who know they SHOULD vote for the nazi with a blue flag because it will buy their loved ones a few more years of life? They suddenly start getting back out to vote.
And... look, don't give up a battleground state. But if you are going to lose either way (or, better yet, win either way)? Fuck it, let's make people care. Because when they go out to vote for the House or Senate candidate who fundamentally can't win? They are also voting down ballot... and maybe even up ballot. And, over time... that is how Georgia got pretty blue.
Absolutely agree. Push the Democratic party as far left as it'll go, because a new party would be splitting the center-left and left vote between two parties and we know what that does. Primary the old guard dems where possible, rather than competing with them in the actual elections.
Tricky in a two party system with fptp voting. They have lots of organizers and candidates though in hundreds of cities. So in that sense, they have a lot of organizing power like a party would.
There’s just so many tears, we need more bottles to catch them all! Cuomo and his crooked donors alone are just zombie walking with mascara running down their face right now.
As someone who lived post 9/11 and saw what the Muslim community went through, this is wild and super cool
My only concern is that hes not corrupt/corruptable enough to scratch the backs of and get scratched by the sleezy power brokers in the city (cops, sanitation...). I feel like a lot of people will work to make him fail at the expense of the city. Hoping he can stomp them all out though.
Here's the thing. Mamdani's a good man, the mayor has some levers like rent control, but he doesn't have the power to fix everything about the city completely alone. He will need every New Yorker who was moved by his campaign to help him accomplish his promises.
There are already a lot of good people in NYC to reach this point. He can do this.
They are absolutely going to fight tooth and nail to prevent him from doing things.
But this is the biggest city in the country. It makes so much room for people to embrace a more progressive brand of politics our nation hasn't seen for decades and decades.
And the inevitable push back on Zohran will further drive home the growing contradictions in our society such that more people wake up.
Zohran will surely deliver some good results for the people of New York and the rest we will weaponize to further drive home the need for mass systemic change from the top to bottom.
Kinda expected. He was the only good option
This is what happens when you have rank choice voting. A democracy where progressive win.
My man opens his speech with a quote from Eugene Victor Debs! ✊
I'm still surprised he hasn't been lynched already based on his name alone.
Did anyone else read, "Mamdani wins," in the mortal Kombat voice? Now we just need a cartoon animation of Mamdani ripping Cuomo's spine from his body.
Mamdani also faced scrutiny over his past comments criticizing the police and calling for it to be defunded, though he later issued a public apology to the New York Police Department during a Fox News interview.
Wtf
Nice job NYC!
Mr. Cardamom is now mayor of New York... The world may or may not be healing. I will remain cautiously optomistic.
Im Canadian and I heard that some people in NY were peddling the idea that mandatory halal food was going to be forced on all New Yorkers. I doubted the veracity of the story at first thinking I was reading the onion, but I know a bunch of people are stupid and racist enough to believe a racist lie like that
Halal food is delicious. I don't see the problem.
That's Mayor Cardamom now!
Bruh how the f does the SA perp (cuomo) have over 40%?
Same reason 30%+ of women are willing to share that they've been sexually assaulted.
Fuck yeah!
M-A-M-D-A-N-I-!
You should learn how to pronounce it!
His only miss step the whole campaign was not saying "because you're going to be saying/hearing it a lot" at the debate.
I thought that was implied?
Yeah, it was implied, but you saw the calculus go through his head and he pulled back. Like I said, basically a perfectly run campaign, just wish he woulda gotten that better sound bite that one time. Cause Cuomo deserves to get dunked on at every opportunity. And as far as I can tell that was the only time Mamdani held back. But those debates were sooo satisfying to watch.
Haha Sliwa will be lucky to get 8%....
Homie got so sad his party's orange in chief didn't even endorse him lolol
It begins.
Got locked in when that troglodyte Musk tweeted that people should vote for Cuomo.
One can say this was obvious but we take every victory we can get. You can be too sure.
Whatever happens, everything he does, whether objectively good or bad is going to be both, praised and criticized. there will be sensationlist headlines and lies for both sides, and it'll force us to dig deeper every time to find out the real truth. Conclusions will be made about his decisions before any results are even seen, do dont be quick to judge. I think we will need to really wait before we see how his policies really affect everything... thats all to say, god bless mamdani and his decision making ability, and bless those around him supporting him. Amen
This is amazing! Been following it very close. Get fucked Andrew and all of your Cuomosexuals
Huge fuck you to cheetolini
Yes, I've heard. Thanks for the news!
Let's go!!!!!!!!
Lol there wnk choice!
Yay!
It's one thing to win a battle. It's another to govern.
It remains to be seen if he can forge an alliance to govern the city.
Hell yeah
The people of NYC have truly exercised their democratic rights!
Good luck New York...the apple is rotten
Fucking lol
Lol. Let me guess. New York is going to be the next Portland, right?
Oh wait, it's 2025. I can literally log into live webcams all over Portland and actually see that it's totally fine and totally beautiful.
Oh wait, I live on the west coast and go to Portland from time to time and have seen with my own fucking eyes that it's totally fine and totally beautiful.
There's no fear like conservative fear.
Thoughts and prayers to all conservitards in the upstate region
Might I ask, why the fuck are you even on Lemmy?
Edit: Nevermind, your profile let me know you’re just another one page book we’ve all already read a million times. Fucking loser.
Might I ask if you kindly fuck off ...now go back to your chair in the corner and be a good cuck...oh yeah
You’re such a fucking cliché.