If there is one takeaway from Zohran Mamdani’s victory in the New York City Democratic mayoral primary on Tuesday, it’s that there is no one takeaway. The democratic socialist and his wide-ranging canvassing team built a coalition that brought in voters of all backgrounds, leading to a defeat of Andrew Cuomo by a significant margin. […]
It was a stupid hateful thing, but it was a thing his base wanted.
Biden/Kamala didn’t, at every opportunity they’d talk about their similarities to trump on things like Palestine, the border, healthcare, fracking, pretty much any question they asked they’d say they mostly agree with trump, but have slight differences.
That was trying to get people to vote against trump due to a slight difference, still voting against trump because the difference made trump worse.
So yeah…
That’s the largest reason trump is president again.
He gave people something to vote for…
It was a stupid hateful thing, but it was a thing his base wanted.
Biden/Kamala didn’t, at every opportunity they’d talk about their similarities to trump on things like Palestine, the border, healthcare, fracking, pretty much any question they asked they’d say they mostly agree with trump, but have slight differences.
That was trying to get people to vote against trump due to a slight difference, still voting against trump because the difference made trump worse.
So yeah…
That’s the largest reason trump is president again.