He's a "Democrat" by name & necessity only, & the party wants nothing to do with him. These are key distinctions. The party itself, overall is still very much trash, & is in no danger of being pushed to the Left. It's actively been resisting any & all efforts to compell evolution.
Mandani is winning in spite of the party. They are in no way an asset & in every way represent an impediment.
he obviously disagrees with you and you really respect him as a politician (as do I) so you'll have to reconcile why you disagree with your favorite guy on a strategy that is objectively working for him
The strategy that's working for him has not one single fucking thing to do with running as a Democrat, & I already explained why in great detail, so no. I'm good. No "reconciliation" required, & this wilfully simplistic shit has earned you a mute.
you keep talking about "the party" as a monolithic entity when very clearly it is not and if mamdani understands why it's a necessity to run as a democrat I'm not sure why you can't pick up on it; if he thought he had a better chance of winning as an indie, I'm sure he would have done it