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Mamdani balanced the NYC budget (lemmy.zip)

submitted 2 days ago by favoredponcho@lemmy.zip to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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[–] Mulligrubs@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You can't win office without Independent votes.

Anyone that you want to elect must get Independent votes, they are 40% of the voters (Ds & Rs 30% each).

When I need help, I don't tell the potential aid to fuck off, but what do I know? Let's see how "fuck off" inspires the electorate.

[–] TotallyWorthLife@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

This assumes independents are centrists...