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”.

  • SparroHawc@lemmy.zip
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    4 days ago

    I hate to break it to you, but most Americans never have the opportunity to personally interview their representatives.

    Of course Americans vote for who they’re told to vote for. Every candidate is being built up by someone else. You’d say the same thing if all the candidates that the establishment DNC propped up had won. The trick is finding someone who both shares your values, and has the knowledge to give you an informed opinion. Mamdani is a pretty solid voice to listen to.

    • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
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      4 days ago

      No the trick is to actually do some research, learn about the candidates, their positions, their reputation, and make an informed decision based on that, and not on anyone else’s opinion of them.

      • itsprobablyfine@sh.itjust.works
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        4 days ago
        1. Politics is about coalitions. These are people that are saying they are going to work together to enact specific changes they’ve outlined
        2. Yes people should do that but they don’t. So we adapt to the world we have rather than let it burn waiting on people to change.
        3. The idea that persons A opinion of person B has no relevancy to my potential opinion of person B goes against a million years of evolution.
          3a. Experts exist. If I have a specialty and recommend someone in my field that has more value than someone else who isn’t in that field. I know enough about this person and his expertise to take his opinion into account when forming my own.