Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo conceded New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary to Zohran Mamdani as the 33-year old member of the state Assembly had a significant lead in the race Tuesday night.
Cuomo’s concession came as the race’s outcome will be decided by a ranked choice count after neither Democrat got a clear majority in the vote.
Mamdani, a 33-year-old democratic socialist member of the state Assembly, started to pull ahead with more than an estimated 80% of ballots counted.
I better not hear another liberal saying we can’t split the vote again.
What does vote splitting have to do with a Democratic primary?
The liberal candidate who lost (Cuomo) has announced he is going to run in the general as an independent (which is in OP’s link), instead of supporting the nominee. So Cuomo primary voters may split from the Democratic nominee in the general for Cuomo.
I wonder if the party will fund the candidate its voters wanted or if they will fund cuomo.
The “party” will, they’ll just get an immediate drop in donations from the rich and a new organization not obligated to the party will spring up flush with cash. Sort of like how the establishment abandoned the Nevada DNC after progressives won the election to take it over.
The gist is what the other person said, but to expand on the the point I wanted to make: Whenever you (or, well, I) suggest that the left should antagonize the DNC, liberals come out of the woodwork saying that splitting the anti-conservative vote will only lead to conservatives winning and that instead leftists should vote in primaries. The idea is that if the leftist candidate wins the liberals will respect party norms and support the winner of the primary, providing a safer path to progress. Here we have the liberal favorite completely shitting on party norms and running as an independent even though he lost the primary to a leftist, so the whole proposition of a united front against the right through primaries falls apart. This would fatally discredit the idea that primaries are a viable substitute for a leftist third party if liberals cared about facts.
Yeah except you using “liberals” like this makes zero sense.
There are plenty of people who think leftists should back the “centrist/liberal” candidate in the general if they win the primary. There are also plenty of people who think Cuomo should fuck all the way off in the exact same method now that the leftist candidate has won. I’m sure there are some centrist voters who obviously buck that trend (same as some leftists when their primary person doesn’t win) but I feel like the solid majority would rather win and move things left regardless of pace than give it to Republicans (or Adams, which is close enough.)
Just because Cuomo is a terrible person doesn’t mean all “liberals” support him in running.
Here’s to hoping Zohran destroys Adams and if he is shithead enough to run, Cuomo too.
It’s funny- your guy won and you’re still mad. Take some time to celebrate. JFC. This is a GOOD thing man.
I’m using this primary to illustrate a wider point about strategy here; I can do that and be happy that Mamdani won.
Liberals: No one can even run in the primary against our geriatric dear leader since it could cause a rift in the party
Also liberals: This anti semite is too dangerous, we must save the voters from there decision with our favorite sex criminal.