Democrats stay at a respectful distance after Mamdani cruises

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...

Not like that!
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.
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.
But large businesses cannot vote, that's so unfair!
::: spoiler
/S
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.
🤡 🖕
- The Dem gerontocracy are literally shitting themselves because they are so fucking old that they need Depends
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cdqQ2BdgOA

We need a new progressive party

Nah, we just need to co-opt the current blue party and drag liberals along for the ride. Just need people willing to run on progressive policies.
- And people to show up and vote in the primaries for the above mentioned candidates!
- And a party willing to not put all its resources to preventing them from winning. Mamdani's example is inspiring, and he's likely going to win, but part of this is because his opponents are all toxic. In a more serious contest this sort of party meddling can and will tank progressive candidates to the benefit of Republicans.
- This edible construction material gets it!
We get it by taking over the Dems and forcing all the Goldwater Republicans in charge currently to join what remains of the Republican Party.
- Exactly. They’re already going to get the votes of the people who only pay enough attention to vote Working Families in the general election. We just need to replace those candidates with progressives in the primaries. It’s shouldn’t be too difficult with the current <15% attendance. Mamdani saw a whopping 30% turnout.
The establishment pushing against him is a good thing. Think about what happened the first time Trump announced his candidacy. Voters love to vote for candidates that the establishment hates.

Respectful distance? They been trash talking that boy nonstop since his primary.

TBH, the rift in the Democratic Party has not been laid so bare since Gore.

I really dont know what AOC, Swalwell, any of these left-of-center dems think they are going to do sitting in a party that routinely sabotages any pro worker, pro humanist, any effort at competent and efficient social programs.

They should have announced a new party the second the presidential election was over. Already to late to prop up midterm candidates.

I see their only option now is registering as independent, -or else continue to be humiliated, invalidated, and silenced by the wall street cabal.

No third party will ever have a chance of being successful. The Dems and Repubs wrote the laws to make sure of it. That's why they can't.
- Not even just that they wrote laws to protect their status: A two party system is in and of itself prone to issues like what is currently going on. George Washington knew that, and warned about its dangers. Because it has happened multiple times throughout history.
- What? Nader? Perot? Stein?
  Truth is, nobody has ever tried. And we just saw in New York that a populist message can actually beat the money..
I think you should study the US political system more. They see the most realistic path to making change. If the Left can't wield one of the two parties it will never wield the state.

*Democrats refuse to change policies in order to continue profiting off the suffering of constituents.

They don't work for us.