Increasingly believing dead internet theory but about Western electorates.
this post was submitted on 26 Mar 2025
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Great example of why electoralism in this country pre collapse is a dead end
Yes
The one glimmer of hope here is that NYC has ranked choice voting in the primaries. It’s highly likely that the voters with a preference for the third place or lower candidates (except Eric Adams) would put Mamdani as their second choice, or at least higher than Cuomo. That would make it a 41% to 38% split which means the share Mamdani would need of the undecideds and Adams voters is manageable.
Adams voters definitely go to Cuomo so its closer to 47/38 split and Cuomo has an advantage over undecideds due to name recognition. If we're generous and split undecideds down the middle its still a 55/45 split for Cuomo.
Mamdani has a chance to be sure but its s slim one. He would have to win at least 80% of undecideds
Yup
They want some more of that glorious past they've constructed
The American electorate has the memory of a goldfish.
Imagine having the guy from Weezer as mayor smdh
It's hard for me not to believe people just vote based on name recognition alone
If you consider the coherency of a typical person's political ideology (none, for many USians), then all elections can be is a popularity contest.
"Mr Dent, do you have any idea how much class consciousness this bulldozer would gain if i just let it roll right over you? None at all."
Oh absolutely
So many people out there who vote without knowing a goddamn thing other than name
My wife used to work with this woman that dutifully voted for her state legislator for years. One day, she went to an event that he was at and she thought, “Huh, he looks way too young given how long he’s been in office.”
Yeah, turned out said legislator had retired years ago and his son took over the seat. She had been voting for the son for years and didn’t know it.
When your state legislator is just three LLCs in a trenchcoat, it turns out they can achieve immortality after all.
House of Lords but it's just failsons winning elections because nobody pays attention
New York is wasted on New Yorkers.
How TF do they qualify for the high paying jobs to even live there?
Cuomo is a POM (person of meatballs).
More like POS
Person of Spaghetti
Surprised someone didn't write in Bloomberg
I hate it here so fucking much
The lead poisoning must run deeper than I thought.
State of new york is filled with morons and ghouls so yep.