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Mamdani balanced the NYC budget (lemmy.zip)

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[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world -2 points 5 days ago (2 children)

You can't win office without Independent votes.

Anyone that you want to elect must get Independent votes, they are 40% of the voters (Ds & Rs 30% each).

When I need help, I don't tell the potential aid to fuck off, but what do I know? Let's see how "fuck off" inspires the electorate.

[–] Ensign_Crab@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Centrist doesn't like hearing the messaging that centrists have been sending the left for 40 years.

Look, I know that a candidate who isn't itching to murder every last Palestinian might not be your very first choice, but they agree with you on 98% of everything else, right? So vote blue no matter who.

[–] TotallyWorthLife@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

This assumes independents are centrists...