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Mamdani poised to win New York mayoral primary as Cuomo concedes ahead of ranked-choice count

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Mamdani poised to win New York Democratic mayoral primary as Cuomo concedes | CNN Politics

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This is a wake up call to the DNC
- DNC gonna keep hitting that snooze button to any and all wake-up calls.
- If they ignore it, the progressives are starting to get ready to take it in the primaries themselves. There's been an increase in young progressives running for state & local office following these results
  (https://bsky.app/profile/amandalitman.bsky.social/post/3lsflzpcjlk2i)
  
  What an awful graph... Looks completely made up.
  If it isn't complete bullshit, they did a really bad job of making it appear legitimate in any way whatsoever.
- Not a presidential election. Or a senate election. Or even a house election.
  A mayoral election.
  And this should scare the DNC?
  Baloney.
  
  They poured millions and million and massively outspent Zohran and still lost. Zohran had no name recognition, and was virtually a nobody in February. The establishment worked hard against him and still lost. They rolled out shameless endorsement of Cuomo after shameless endorsement (like Bill Clinton, apparently). The establishment didn't lose for a lack of effort. This could happen anywhere next
  
  Mayor of the biggest city in the nation is pretty damn important. Higher population than half the states in the nation. Most governors are small potatoes in comparison.
  
  "Submit, peasant. Resistance is futile!"
Please please please let this one good thing happen.
- This won’t affect me directly, but I’ve been pulling for Mamdani anyway. I know that basically amounts to “thoughts and prayers”, but still.
  
  Yeah same, I’m on another continent but it’s great to see good news out of America for once. I’m happy for New Yorkers!
  
  If New Yorkers manage to elect a Mayor that's not a bootlicker it's a sign that everything has a chance to get better.
- Don’t worry, even if it’s good now it won’t be good later for some dumb reason
Democrats the people of this nation are screaming at you. Listen.
Cuomo conceded. Mamdani won!!
- Unless Cumo splits the vote by running as an independent in the election.
So it's him against Eric Adams now. Shouldn't be all that hard, and I wish him the best.
Long time supporter of incremental change and centrist policies here. Saw the way the Democratic party crumbled to dust after the election, saw the way Schumer and Jeffries went AWOL. It's time for change. Not just generational, but also political, social, and philosophical.
Let Mamdani win, and let him turn New York into a better, more humane place.
- Cuomo still might run as an independent, and the DNC might back him given how terrified they are of someone like Mamdani
Please let this be the snowball that causes an avalanche of change in our country.
I can't wait to see what centrists are going to do instead of voting blue no matter who.
- No idea who Mamdani is but they are sure to blame ranked-choice voting and keep trying to get it banned.
- Simple: vote for Cuomo.
  
  Cuomo's speech seemed to go more into the direction of sitting this one out and wait for a safer way to attempt a comeback.
  He's probably going to do some polling but unless there's some big advantage for him in a realistic scenario, trying to run and risking losing can damage his political career beyond repair. And yes, on an ideal world it would already be dead beyond saving, but we have the world we have.

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