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Zohran Mamdani was elected mayor of New York City on Tuesday, capping a stunning ascent for the 34-year-old state lawmaker, who was set to become the city’s most liberal mayor in generations.

In a victory for the Democratic party’s progressive wing, Mamdani defeated former Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa. Mamdani must now navigate the unending demands of America’s biggest city and deliver on ambitious — skeptics say unrealistic — campaign promises.

With the victory, the democratic socialist will etch his place in history as the city’s first Muslim mayor, the first of South Asian heritage and the first born in Africa. He will also become the city’s youngest mayor in more than a century when he takes office on Jan. 1.

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[–] HazardousBanjo@lemmy.world 24 points 2 days ago

It has been fucking glorious to see racist white men foaming at the mouths in a psychotic tantrum over this.

Their pain and tears brings good vibes and energy unto us all

[–] Cybersheeper@lemmy.dbzer0.com 55 points 2 days ago (2 children)

My socialist heart feels hopeful, but my anarchist brain knows nothing will change.

[–] mapu@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 day ago

Apathy isn't revolutionary. We must fully support leftist candidates while also being critical of their platform and aware that electoral politics inside a capitalist system will only get us so far. But never losing hope that more people see the light and become class conscious.

[–] But_my_mom_says_im_cool@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago (2 children)

He’ll spend all his time fighting off billionaires and their roadblocks

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Maybe if we literally ate some of those billionaires it might help. Is the leader of our church Luigi Mangione freed from his unlawful religious persecution yet? And where are the Epstein files?

Luigi is innocent. The person who actually did it did more than anyone can reasonably act and I hope he lives a long and quiet life.

And the Epstien files... fuck me, I knew some criminals go to incredible lengths to cover their misdeeds but the fact that he is tearing down an entire country from the world stage in such a brazen manner is incredible.

[–] stardust@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 days ago

Better fighting to keep things from getting worse and worse then handing everything over to billionaires without any resistance. And if there's one thing politics has been consistent on is that they don't make our dreams come true, but they can make life even worse than it was previously. They got a real talent for that.

[–] ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works 76 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (5 children)

One of the more interesting polls out of this was whether voters were casting in support of or against a candidate.

86% of Mamdani voters were voting out of support of their candidate.

Half of Cuomo voters were voting against another candidate. (Mamdani.)

Voting against a candidate is a losing strategy.

[–] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 31 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Please tattoo this onto every member of the DNC

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[–] jaggedrobotpubes@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

Candidates control which way those winds go by having ideas or not.

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[–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 21 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It’s almost like the most hated man in New York endorsing his opponent helped him in some way.

[–] reddifuge@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Mamdani is a pretty good politician as well, not perfect, but good.

A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow.

[–] b161@lemmy.blahaj.zone 250 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Based woke brown man. Cope and seethe chuds.

[–] recentSlinky@lemmy.ca 90 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Based woke brown man

You talking about jesus??

[–] ook@discuss.tchncs.de 70 points 3 days ago (4 children)

He wasn't based, he was nailed.

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[–] randomname@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

although I would prefer to see more secular politicians, if we are going to have a leader who's religious its good to have more diversity so christians don't gain too much of a majority

[–] freedom@lemy.lol 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I just hate how he promotes "affordable" housing and does nothing to advocate work from home. Every affordable unit is booked 10yrs in advance while developers build 150 condos and have 10 affordable. Literally tricky dickle down economics.

[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 hour ago

Can he promote work from home? Maybe for city employees. But what can he do about private companies that are paying for expensive Manhattan offices for the prestige and don't want them to be empty?

[–] nothrone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 105 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (16 children)

This is great news. However, I am still dumbfounded on how 42% voted for the other guy. He is literally a sexual assaulter and he was endorsed by Trump and Elon Musk! How is it that so many people still voted for him?

Mamdani could not have had a better campaign, yet, he had just ~8% more votes. If the other guy ran a just tiny bit better campain, things could have been very different.

I am trully happy that Mamdani won, but yet, I am left scared at the state of things. He should have had 70/80% of votes. After all that has been happening in the US for the last 9 months or so, there is only a 8% number of votes separating the two sides? Holly molly, that is scary.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 63 points 2 days ago (4 children)

First of all, it was a 3 way race, against far better known candidates. He was running an untested Socialist campaign, against ferocious propaganda from BOTH sides. The voters had to remain courageous, ignore ALL that, and tell the "experts" that they didn't care, something that they historically don't tend to do. By all standard political theory, he should have been crushed by 50 points.

In America, many races are within a few points. It's not at all unusual to have a race decided by only a point, or even less. In any race, an 8 point lead is significant. For an unknown Socialist, coming out of nowhere, against the most incredible bi-partisan smear campaign I've ever seen, to win by 8 points, is an enormous victory.

Both MAGA and established Democrats are terrified today. The Progressive Left just fired the first shots of the New Civil War, and hit every target.

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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 58 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

Now that the Dems won EVERYTHING, by WIDE margins, it is clear that the Dems have the upper hand. Here's what they should do now with the power they just took back:

  • Double down on the shutdown, and demand even more concessions. Nothing less than full compliance will be sufficient. Otherwise, we'll see where we are a year from now.

  • Adopt a true progressive agenda. What happened to these MAGA Traitors is going to happen to MAGA-appeasing Democrats, too.

  • Primary every weak Democrat - Schmuck Schumer, Jeffries, etc. They are almost as much the enemy as MAGA. If they lose, we get stronger, and if they win, they'll know they dodged a bullet, and they better get with the new PROGRESSIVE program.

  • Force their hand on everything. Make them reject even reasonable Democratic and Progressive demands. Don't let them off the hook for anything, then use it against them viciously in the Midterms.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

If I had a nickel for every time someone told the Dems to adopt a truly progressive agenda and it not really happening I could retire.

Our system is incompatible with radical change.

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[–] ynthrepic@lemmy.world 151 points 3 days ago (5 children)

I am Trump's malignant hernia and I endorse this result.

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 62 points 3 days ago (3 children)
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[–] Tempus_Fugit@midwest.social 91 points 3 days ago (2 children)

This is fantastic and I wish him the best. He's going to need the best communications team any politician has had thus far. All the odds and big money interests are stacked against him. He's going to be attacked from every conceivable angle, from every level of government. If he remains true and righteous, he'll persevere.

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[–] SaraTonin@lemmy.world 55 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Okay. Commentators have been saying for a while that a victory for him could be a signal of the American left learning that actually progressive policies and candidates can be successful and on the Democrats as a whole actually moving to the left. Let’s hope that that’s actually true, rather than it being dismissed as “New York’s different”.

Hopefully, the recent buzz around AOC will help, too. I’ve been seeing more of Crockett in the news, as well.

We’ll see. This is definitely a very positive move, though.

[–] tyranical_typhon@lemmings.world 38 points 2 days ago (5 children)

I'd love to see AOC win the nomination in 2028, but we're already seeing swaths of morons trying to get us to 'fall in line' for an establishment candidate.

I genuinely have no idea why people are still so stupid after all that's transpired, but it's really lowered my expectations of them going forward.

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[–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 26 points 2 days ago (3 children)

I do hope they'll realize that concrete policy proposals are such a huge part of what won here, not just Mamdani's ideology or personality. The interview where he was asked about the bus plan being feasible was amazing, he had examples and numbers to back it up. It wasn't just an "it would be cool" idea.

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[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 96 points 3 days ago (4 children)

I'm jealous of NYC right now, wish someone had those sorts of policies in Portland.

[–] rickywithanm@aussie.zone 54 points 3 days ago

I think this is the start of something much bigger. :)

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[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 72 points 3 days ago (5 children)

I'm enjoying the unhinged rants I'm seeing from conservative social media. They're not happy and it's a fantastic read

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[–] nao@sh.itjust.works 31 points 2 days ago (9 children)

Looking forward to see if all the people that announced they would leave NYC if he won are going to keep their promise.

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[–] lennybird@lemmy.world 68 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

From dead war criminals to this, lots of good news today! Not necessarily making up for everything, but I'll take it.

Prop 50 should be a done deal too, yeah?

Beautiful news. Fuck off Cuomo, fuck off Trump. This is a win for the common New Yorker. I hope the high profile nature of this mayoral election has reverberations far beyond NYC.

[–] canofcam@lemmy.world 34 points 3 days ago (3 children)

The real concern is that with 8 million potential voters, NYC barely breaks 2 million.

This is why it's always such a toss-up between fascism and normalcy - because too many people are complacent.

[–] mjr@infosec.pub 28 points 2 days ago

8.8 million population, which probably means a bit less than 7 million potential voters because kids and others can't vote and it's a relatively young city. Only 5 million registered to vote at present.

So still 2 million is worryingly low, but not as bad as if there were 8m potential voters.

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Does anyone have a breakdown of the wins for traditional Democrats and Progressives?

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[–] NatakuNox@lemmy.world 47 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Did you guys hear about the one time he broke up with his girlfriend in high-school?! Gave her the whole it's not you, it's me line. How could anyone vote for that!

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[–] Gates9@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 days ago (2 children)

First words in his victory speech were a a quote from Eugene Debs.

Let’s fuckin go

[–] htetrasme@lemmy.today 9 points 2 days ago

This is the first time I can recall when a politician keeps saying things that make me like him more.

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