The fact that the Queens Borough President had to go through a recount to defeat a political nobody is very significant. AOC’s proving to be a political wunderkind of sorts, at least in NYC.AOC's candidate Caban got 34K votes in a borough of 2.4 million people.
The only significance is that AOC can organize enough people to have her candidate lose closely in an extremely low turnout primary..
[AOC’s candidate Caban got 34K votes in a borough of 2.4 million people.
The only significance is that AOC can organize enough people to have her candidate lose closely in an extremely low turnout primary.. ]
That’s a pretty impressive achievement. The Queens Borough President had a lot resources at her disposal to drive turnout. Since she was as good as elected if she won the primary, this was the real election. That she was almost beaten by a nobody is evidence that AOC is someone to be reckoned with inside Democratic circles.