How is it "grassroots" when he did badly with voters with a median income of less than $50,000?
How is it "grassroots" when he did badly with voters with a median income of less than $50,000?
Grassroots doesn’t necessarily mean low income people; grassroots is simply a people-led movement. He had a huge volunteer base spreading the word, knocking on doors, etc. Has there been any suggestion that low income voters didn’t vote for Mamdani? All I can find is pre-election polls.
Remarkable, isn't it?
All your screenshot tells me is that the average black people in New York is struggling financially; Mamdani can help with that.
You're equating "Black" with "low income" in a blanket fashion. In any case, whoever they are, Mamdani didn't convince nearly enough of them that "he can help with that".
I’m combining the fact that black voters went 20 points for Cuomo, and low income went 19 points for Cuomo. Every other demographic and income went for Mamdani. It’s likely that his ground game missed those voters; and his campaign needs to try and reach low income voters before the general.
If his "ground game" missed them, it was probably because they wanted to miss them. Then again, maybe he didn't miss them, and they rejected him. Again, "low income" doesn't mean "Black". According to pre-election polling, a lot of middle class Black people favored Cuomo too.
Yes, but clearly since they are both the only demographic that went for Cuomo, there’s clearly a lot of overlap… But none of this is relevant to your original comment that grassroots campaign means poor people support you. That’s simply wrong.
Can’t validate your screenshot, so taking it with a grain of salt. But like I said grassroots doesn’t mean poor people; most working class people would be in the 50-100k bracket, and most likely be involved in the grassroots organising.
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
I figured that where it was from; I couldn’t find the detailed breakdown that you showed. Possibly behind a paywall.