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Mamdani, a proudly socialist 33-year-old, holds a 44-36 percent lead over over former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo – who was hoping that New Yorkers had short memories, and were ready to re-elect the textbook centrist Democrat.

However, after the disaster of Trump’s first year back in the White House – with everyday American life interrupted by protests, immigration raids, corruption allegations and the unshakebale feeling that the nation is about to enter World War 3… It seems the pendulum is swinging back towards left-wing politics.

It appears that the success of Mamdani isn’t so much a vote against Trumpian politics, but more a vote against the stale nothingness of the Democrats top brass – who, while pitching themselves as the progressive option in America’s political system, very seldom action – or even – offer – left-wing policies.

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[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 35 points 1 day ago

Any politician criticizing Mamdani receives money from AIPAC…

Wow what a coincidence,

Free Palestine from the apartheid genocidal colonizers, the fascist Israeli regime!

Liberals in shock at effective policy choice 🙄

[–] arin@lemmy.world 40 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They knew, that's why they threw Bernie Sanders under the bus over and over. The ones controlling the DNC do not want to lose their corporate backers if they allow true social equality.

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[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 12 points 1 day ago

Center right cumuo who is also a sex pest

[–] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 162 points 2 days ago (66 children)

Jesus fucking christ, where my crew at?

This is our moment to fucking run it in the faces of the idiots telling us we needed to have candidates with barely left of center politics in this country.

People who have told you you need to accept less from candidates because abwd are the toxic bane that handed us Trump. You can't win elections on being a diet piece of shit; you actually have to stand for some thing.

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[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 131 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Dems continue to be baffled by the popularity of progressive politicians. They can’t fathom Americans wanting less & less to do with their moderate-right-wing bullshit, while the far-right moves farther & farther right.

[–] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 48 points 2 days ago (15 children)

It's the foreign influence within the DNC brought in after private money flooded US politics. Get rid of Citizens United and the system will do a lot to correct itself.

[–] TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today 40 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Lol, no it really isn't. Citizens vs United was the culmination of decades of the DNC constantly bending over backwards to compromise with conservatives.

Basically in the late 80's and early 90's the legislative grid lock we all know and love today was becoming the status quo. So a strategy of compromising with "moderate" conservatives over policy that benefited aspects of both parties was popularized by the Clinton's.

This "Thirdway politics" led to short term benefits, and allowed the Clintons to get a death grip over the DNC. After a short period conservatives took advantage of this tactic of compromise to drag the DNC further and further to the right. Basically every sitting senator and most of the politicians in the house made their political careers by being the best at compromising with the right.

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[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 52 points 2 days ago (10 children)

Don't worry guys. I'm sure the democrats will learn this this time around...

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[–] Matt3999@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago (6 children)

The funny thing is that The Betoota Advocate is a satirical newspaper - but this is not satire

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[–] orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 52 points 2 days ago (15 children)

What I'm not shocked about is that they're so out of touch with what we want.

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