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Mamdani Wins Stunning Upset in Democratic Primary as Cuomo Concedes Race (www.thecity.nyc)

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Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani is on track to secure the Democratic nomination for mayor, after former Gov. Andrew Cuomo conceded to him Tuesday night following the first round of ranked-choice primary votes.

With 95% of precincts reporting two hours after polls closed at 9 p.m., 44% ranked Mamdani as their first choice while 36% chose Cuomo first and 11% had city Comptroller Brad Lander.

Mamdani emerged to raucus applause at his election party on a brewery rooftop in Long Island City, about 20 minutes after midnight.

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[–] rumimevlevi@lemmings.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

How a politician ot paid by aipac won? The idea that if you oppose israel it's a political suicide is BS

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Turns out to win elections you need votes, not money.

For now.

[–] rodneyck@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

For smaller elections, the majors need capital, for now, which is why we have shitty choices.

[–] BlemboTheThird@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I mean, it's New York. Pretty much all cities are left leaning, especially in the context of how far right US politics have gotten, but New York in particular has a strong movement. I mean, they gave us AOC, too. I'm not sure if even LA with all these protests is going to have a legacy that strong, though Mamdani isn't the mayor yet.

But for the politicians competing for gerrymandered districts where the mass of rural, Fox-watching morons control the outcome (aka most of them), opposing the genocide is still a tough sell. Just being not-a-Republican is basically a death knell for any of those campaigns.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

I mean, it's New York.

This. Plus ranked choice.

Yay!