Mayor says progressive peers who swept primaries speak to Americans ‘coast to coast’ as moderates have reservations

Mayor says progressive peers who swept primaries speak to Americans ‘coast to coast’ as moderates have reservations

Zohran Mamdani, the New York City mayor, said on Sunday that he and a slew of democratic socialist allies who prevailed in recent primary elections are carrying a “national message” to struggling working Americans hungry for a new kind of politics “coast to coast”.

Mamdani made that triumphant clarion call on ABC News’s This Week just five days after he had seen his endorsed candidates win Democratic nominations in three races for New York congressional seats, as well as for five state legislature positions in Albany. He made no effort to disguise his delight that his clean sweep marks a dramatic shift in Democratic politics – not just in New York City, which he has led since January, but also across the US.

He said that collectively they were carrying a “New Deal understanding” of Democratic politics to Congress and on to the “national stage”. It spoke, he said, to Americans feeling exhaustion at struggling to make ends meet “every single day”.

  • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
    23·
    6 days ago

    Tell me how you think people use rational thought processes to collectively come to the same decision as Mamdani, against establishment Dems, and its not coincidence…

    • Zaktor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      3·
      5 days ago

      Because the same people who elected Mamdani because they liked what he said also like people who share his broad political persuasion?

      Where do you think Mamdani came from in the first place of it’s all just endorsements? Endorsements are advertising, not commandments.

      • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
        12·
        5 days ago

        Because the same people who elected Mamdani because they liked what he said also like people who share his broad political persuasion?

        You just said what I said with different words.

        • Zaktor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          3·
          5 days ago

          No, I really didn’t. Two people who have the same values coming to the same conclusions is not a coincidence.

          • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
            12·
            5 days ago

            It’s not two people, it’s thousands of people, and yes, it’s not a coincidence, that was my entire point. They’re voting for whom they’re told. It’s why endorsements are a thing in the first place.

            • Zaktor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
              3·
              5 days ago

              So if you and I and everyone here just happens to both think federated discussion boards are a good thing and all choose to spend our time here, the two options for why we do that are coincidence and because someone told us to so it?

              This philosophy of yours isn’t logical. You seem to be driven by your opinion on the results rather than any rational view on why multiple people would do the same thing.

                • Zaktor@sopuli.xyzEnglish
                  21·
                  5 days ago

                  You didn’t answer the question. Because your stance here is fucking stupid.

                  • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
                    13·
                    5 days ago

                    This is not an election, moron. If a large group of people had to choose exclusively and collectively one message board to be on, and Zohran endorsed this one instead of fucking Instagram or Discord, and it won, I would absolutely insist the same thing.

    • wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz
      2·
      5 days ago

      You’re debunking your own argument. Yes, they voted against establishment Dems, so clearly they’re not just voting for whomever they’re told.

      People use rational thought processes to collectively come to the same decision as Mamdani because democratic socialist policies are actually the most favorable to society and the working class so people like that and they vote for it.

      These people are literally seeing through the propaganda that “socialism = bad,” so I can’t see how you think that makes them the mindless automatons who vote how they’re told.

      • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
        11·
        5 days ago

        That is my argument. They’re voting against establishment Democrats, because they’re being told to.

        • wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz
          3·
          5 days ago

          But they’re also being told to vote for establishment Democrats, and they chose not to.

          So clearly they’re basing this on more than just “who am I being told to vote for?”…