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Now if only we could find another 500 Zohrans and get them into federal government seats.
But in a country of 300,000,000 people, asking for 500 Democrats with an actual conscience has proven to be too much to ask.
Most of those 300+ million people had absolutely nothing to do with Zohran becoming mayor. He is the result of a concerted effort from a few hundred local activists over a period of several years, with a large snowballing spike in participation toward the very end. Someone like Zohran, custom-tailored to their district, can happen almost anywhere in the US so long as the local progressives can collaborate and stay focused. NYC just so happens to be a city of nearly 9 million but remember, a mayor is still a hyper local office, local offices are the easiest seats to flip when you've got an affinity group with a targeted agenda. We can definitely have 500 mayors like him and most US citizens don't have to have a thing to do with it.
Oh I get it.
I've said it time and again. Our only power is local these days, and when it comes to voting, your only real opportunity to make an impact is local. Look how hard national Democrats fought against Mamdani's candidacy.
I think with the two ruling parties as powerful as they are, though, it's exceedingly unrealistic that 500 Zohrans will get elected anywhere in this country, but I'd settle for another 20-30 of them at the federal level. These good-for-nothing centrists need to be tea-partied in the worst way.
It's not at all though, that was my point. NYC mayor is by far the most nationally-visible mayoral office in the country. And there are like 50,000 towns and cities in the US. A socialist or progressive / social democratic mayor in 1 out of every 100 is a realistic and quite reasonable goal. Actually, framing it this way sounds to me like a good way to get people motivated.
I hope you're right and I'm wrong.
Maybe you just have more faith in people and in change than I do.