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New York City May Elect an Unhinged Socialist as Mayor
Hot Air ^ | 18 Jun, 2025 | David Strom

Posted on 06/18/2025 7:32:07 AM PDT by MtnClimber

Yes, yes. I know "unhinged" and "socialist" go together like peas and carrots, but it is a headline.

Now, on to the story.

New York City does elections the new-fangled way, using ranked-choice voting to ensure that the outcomes take forever to tally, the results tend to lean left, and voters are maximally confused.

That makes predicting outcomes particularly difficult, although you can balance the difficulty by assuming that the worst outcome possible is the most likely. Throw in the fact that a plurality of New York City voters will reliably make the wrong choice when it comes to electing people, and suddenly it should surprise nobody that a socialist candidate has a very good chance to live at Gracie Mansion soon.

Yes, Zohran Mamdani is rising in the polls, after weeks of being substantially behind Andrew Cuomo in the polls.

This is Zohran Mamdani. [X link at article]

State Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani represents part of Queens and recently earned the endorsement of Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in the race. The democratic socialist built a campaign based on lowering the cost of living, including a rent freeze on stabilized units.

A May 2025 Emerson College poll of Democratic candidates placed him second with 23% behind Cuomo at 35%, and he told Kramer he believes a significant get-out-the-vote effort could be consequential. If there's a candidate who appears most likely to potentially defeat Cuomo in the primary, Mamdani may be it.

In our March interview, Kramer asked him about Mayor Adams' corruption scandal and turnover in his administration, what he thinks about Cuomo and Speaker Adams joining the race, and how he would fund his plans for free buses and universal free child care. He also spoke about fighting federal funding cuts, his push to get younger voters to the polls, raising the corporate tax rate, bipartisan politics and what brings him hope.

If you had asked people a few weeks ago who would win, the near-consensus would have been former governor Andrew Cuomo. Despite his many, many flaws, he seemed to be the most rational of the large bunch of candidates who will be on the ballot, at least on the Democratic side of the aisle.

Now he seems like he could be a loser, because he is the most rational candidate on the ballot for the top Democratic slot in the primary. New Yorkers, you know. The city that gave us AOC.

The New York Times, a once-great newspaper, is so worried that Mamdani is rising in the polls that they united in an editorial taking him on.

"Unfortunately, Mr. Mamdani is running on an agenda uniquely unsuited to the city’s challenges. He is a democratic socialist who too often ignores the unavoidable trade-offs of governance. He favors rent freezes that could restrict housing supply and make it harder for younger New Yorkers and new arrivals to afford housing. He wants the government to operate grocery stores, as if customer service and retail sales were strengths of the public sector. He minimizes the importance of policing."

"Most worrisome, he shows little concern about the disorder of the past decade, even though its costs have fallen hardest on the city’s working-class and poor residents. Mr. Mamdani, who has called Mr. de Blasio the best New York mayor of his lifetime, offers an agenda that remains alluring among elite progressives but has proved damaging to city life."

"Mr. Mamdani would also bring less relevant experience than perhaps any mayor in New York history. He has never run a government department or private organization of any size. As a state legislator, he has struggled to execute his own agenda."

"We do not believe that Mr. Mamdani deserves a spot on New Yorkers’ ballots."


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: adrienneadams; andrewcuomo; bradlander; curtissliwa; davidstrom; ericadams; leftism; mullahloversonfr; newyorkcity; scottstringer; uganda; whatshisfrnick; zohranmamdani
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1 posted on 06/18/2025 7:32:07 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber

Wow, too crazy for the New York Times?


2 posted on 06/18/2025 7:32:28 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

If so, then they’ll reap the fruits of their votes.


3 posted on 06/18/2025 7:33:32 AM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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To: MtnClimber

Cuomo will win. This is a Hillary vs Bernie situation.


4 posted on 06/18/2025 7:34:14 AM PDT by napscoordinator (DeSantis is a beast! Florida is the freest state in the country! )
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To: MtnClimber

New York elections are held mainly for entertainment.


5 posted on 06/18/2025 7:34:24 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Correction! America is a nation of LEGAL IMMIGRANTS! All of mine came here legally. No free stuff.)
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To: MtnClimber

He’ll be awful but NYC must hit rock bottom before it can begin to heal.


6 posted on 06/18/2025 7:36:55 AM PDT by JonPreston ( ✌ ☮️ )
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To: MtnClimber

Cuomo’s nickname in his HUD days was “the undertaker” because of his links to organized crime and his brutal management style.

NYC gets to pick from corrupt and insane to just insane.


7 posted on 06/18/2025 7:37:10 AM PDT by cgbg (It was not us. It was them--all along.)
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To: Jane Long

this will be interesting for the UN in New York. New York is going to go full shit hole. I predict Mamdani will win because he is so useless.


8 posted on 06/18/2025 7:45:11 AM PDT by healy61
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To: JonPreston
He’ll be awful but NYC must hit rock bottom before it can begin to heal.

If they go any lower than they are now, they’ll be below the Dead Sea. How far down are those rocks?

9 posted on 06/18/2025 7:54:57 AM PDT by Ditto
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To: MtnClimber
From MAGA to MNYCCA!!

Make New York City "Chicago" again.

10 posted on 06/18/2025 7:56:50 AM PDT by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: MtnClimber

They’re all unhinged, some more than others!


11 posted on 06/18/2025 8:01:26 AM PDT by choctaw man (Good ole Andrew Jackson, or You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma...)
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To: MtnClimber

New York City does elections the new-fangled way, using ranked-choice voting.

Starting to look like elections have been altered to selection rather than elections for controlling parties.

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12 posted on 06/18/2025 8:21:22 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: MtnClimber

Uh. This is news?


13 posted on 06/18/2025 8:25:34 AM PDT by Hyman Roth
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To: MtnClimber

NYC did this already before.


14 posted on 06/18/2025 8:30:26 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: MtnClimber

Good Let them. Let blue cities burn.


15 posted on 06/18/2025 8:37:13 AM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Just for show basically.


16 posted on 06/18/2025 8:45:07 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: circlecity
NYC did this already before.

They think it will turn out differently this time.

17 posted on 06/18/2025 8:45:24 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Jane Long

And they’ll have only themselves to blame.


18 posted on 06/18/2025 8:45:40 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: MtnClimber

Every time you think they can’t get worse, they prove you wrong. Look at Boston, LA, NYC & Chicago. All had terrible mayors, only to replace with even worse ones.

That is why I no longer care about any of them. They are on the highway to hell and are determined to rocket themselves there.

We keep expecting to see a change, that the people will realize what they are doing is wrong, and we are proved wrong every time. This is democracy in action, and they voted for it.

This is what they want. We need to realize it and stop pretending it is ever going to get better.


19 posted on 06/18/2025 8:51:03 AM PDT by packrat35 (Pureblood! No clot shot for me!)
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To: No name given
Check this out ...

Who is paying for this? pic.twitter.com/ijXfkTzZcP— Robin Monotti (@robinmonotti) June 18, 2025


20 posted on 06/18/2025 9:09:56 AM PDT by Jane Long (Jesus is Lord!)
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