We will see if he wins a majority. A plurality is not a mandate.
Democrats use that argument against Trump
A win is a win, there's no such thing as a winning a mandate, especially to the Libs.
Send the thank you cards to Sliwa.
Doesn't matter. The hard left controls, either directly or through electoral intimidation, the NYC city council. There is no way they are going to accept anything less than complete endorsement of whatever Mamdani proposes. Any Democrat who stands in their way will get bowled over.
On top of that, any Democrats on that council who aren't hard left will be trying to curry favor with him so he doesn't inflame his supporters against Jews. They'll give him whatever he wants economically as long as he doesn't play the anti-semitic trump card to inflame his supporters.
I imagine the lefties in NYC are going to be celebrating tonight like it is 1917.
October, 1917.
In Moscow.
But when reality eventually kicks in, most of those who voted for him are going to get it good and hard.
“A plurality is not a mandate.”
Pluralities only matter if you are not a ruling class puppet. For leftists, having the power is all that matters. It will be exercised every bit as far as it can possibly be exercised.