I will add: *NOBODY* WANTED CUOMO. He was a hold your nose candidate at best. I don’t see anyone trying to hold Mamdani down — it’s just, if he’s gonna win it on the base he has, let him win it. Are we not allowed to see how powerful that base is — if they show up to the polls? I’d like to.
Unfortunately Cuomo does have some people out there who still (or at least during the primary) legitimately think he is great; not a lot but they exist. Apparently these are the groups he still does well with, for whatever reasons,
Democrats don't vote against the Democratic nominee. It's that simple. The only way that would happen is if the nominee did something so egregious (and visible to the public), that the base turned against them. That's not happening here. Democrats close ranks like they always do in the general.
Agree, but there is going to be a lot of money being spent on behalf of Cuomo and Eric Adams to try to invent that backlash against Zohran, especially as we get closer to the election. And a lot of that PAC money will come from wealthy Democrats who don’t want their taxes to go up.
Again, rank and file Democrats vote for Democrats. If you have concerns, then they aren't about the Democratic base, who are loyal voters. They're about other folks. As for taxes, you know that's not a given, considering state laws. DeBlasio failed at that for that very reason.
I am thinking of specific people I know, and yes it has been very revealing about who they are. And to be clear, I think they are a small minority of democratic voters, but they do exist.
There is always a small minority who don't vote for certain candidates. My MIL hated Adams so much she didn't vote for him, but voted for everyone else. That will happen in every election, and it doesn't change that most Democrats will fall in line and vote for their candidate.
Sure, but is that going to be enough to change a deep blue city overnight? They wasted their PAC money on the primary already. Mamdani will win. The donors can get on board or not.
I dunno, but I plan to go canvas for Zohran in October. Had a good time doing it during the primary. There are a few “anyone but Zohran” voter blocks that usually go Democrat, but not enough to sway the election. Mostly a bunch of Islamophobes and wealthy people who don’t want higher taxes.
Like my Israeli-American cousin in law who typically votes for the Democrats no matter what is definitely not voting for Zohran. She said to me that our Muslim city council rep deserves a place in hell. Last time I was at her house, close to the primary, I saw this on the table 🫣
That’s how I feel about it too - although I don’t live in NYC and I’m unsure why we all have to have an opinion about it 🙃 “No matter who” means no matter who. He won the primary fair & square & I support him. I don’t see why every national Dem needs to get involved in a regional election tho.
People need to decide if the DNC is so powerful and controls voters’ minds so much that endorsements from higher up make this much of a difference — or if they’re so weak & feeble that they must simply be challenged in primaries and we’ll have stronger candidates in the general. Which is it?
Most people have no idea what the DNC is, or what they do and don't do. They always think the DNC, DCCC, and DSCC are the same thing. Then they confuse all these three with local and state parties. But yeah, the expression "all politics is local" exists for a reason. It's consistently true.