Around 1 million New York Democrats showed up to vote, the highest raw total in a city primary since 1989, before Mamdani was born.
Weird...
Almost like giving people a candidate they agree with, makes them more likely to vote...
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Not like that!
There’s also 1 million more people than in 1989 and (I think?) a larger portion of NYCers are registered dems now. So that’s not actually that good. We should break turnout records every year if our population grows.
Fair, I always want turnout by percentage of total voters, because percent of total voters in each party is a big part of it.
A candidate that grows the party shouldn't have their accomplishments reduced because they drive turnout.
We don't live in an ideal word, most people don't even vote in generals.
Why do people keep talking about candidates like they’re gifts?
He won a PRIMARY. We get progressives in NY primaries ALL THE TIME. The only difference with Mamdani’s win is that WE SHOWED UP.
This is how we take control of our Congress. Vote. In. Primaries.
Thank you.
I always get ticked when I see people talk in the general election "man these are two shitty candidates" when they didn't vote in the primary.
The primaries are where much smaller grassroots movements can be far more effective than the general.
They’re arguably the most important elections for change. We should be voting twice every two years, not once every four, for federal elections alone. It’s much easier to remember with mail-in ballots, and they give you the names to research if you’ve been too busy to keep up.
But large businesses cannot vote, that's so unfair!
::: spoiler
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Establishment dems were mad people didn’t turn out for Harris.
You’re welcome.
I'm not 100% sure what you're trying to say, just that it's not relevant
You know they're shitting themselves. Progressive successes pose more of a threat to incumbent Democrats than Republican successes
The Dem gerontocracy should be and needs to be "shitting themselves" cause each and every one of these older-than-dirt career politicians needs to be run out of politics entirely.
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The Dem gerontocracy are literally shitting themselves because they are so fucking old that they need Depends
*Democrats refuse to change policies in order to continue profiting off the suffering of constituents.
They don't work for us.