I’m concerned that now that it looks like they have a chance, it’ll be lots of money on character assassination and “now’s not the time” messaging. Including from AIPAC.
Well they’re going to have to hurry it up if they want to prevent this one, voting is tomorrow I believe.
Note that it’s extremely likely that ranked choice will be the deciding factor here as Cuomo may “win” first choice but lose the ranked majority. Expect challenges in implementing ranked choice from establishment dems in the immediate future.
And absolutely agreed in the ranked choice voting. I commented somewhere else that Ohio is a perfect example of the Democrat party going all in to defeat it. Now if it’s going to have a chance it’ll be an overwhelming referendum and the party on control already has a history of ignoring those without repercussion.
I actually think RCV is maybe bad for Mamdani. He has a lot of energy but is the furthest left candidate. RCV tends to favor moderates, and Cuomo is probably perceived as more moderate, rightly or wrongly.
Yeah it’s complicated. It might help more radical campaigns to launch but the actual tally should favor consensus candidates who I expect to be moderate. But it will be interesting to see what happens.
I’m concerned that now that it looks like they have a chance, it’ll be lots of money on character assassination and “now’s not the time” messaging. Including from AIPAC.
Now it’s so the fucking time. Democrats have failed us. Continue failing on a daily basis.
Yeah, I agreed with “now isn’t the time” when there was a chance to prevent agent orange redux, but now… Very much the time.
Well they’re going to have to hurry it up if they want to prevent this one, voting is tomorrow I believe.
Note that it’s extremely likely that ranked choice will be the deciding factor here as Cuomo may “win” first choice but lose the ranked majority. Expect challenges in implementing ranked choice from establishment dems in the immediate future.
Oh, didn’t realize, that is hopeful then
And absolutely agreed in the ranked choice voting. I commented somewhere else that Ohio is a perfect example of the Democrat party going all in to defeat it. Now if it’s going to have a chance it’ll be an overwhelming referendum and the party on control already has a history of ignoring those without repercussion.
I actually think RCV is maybe bad for Mamdani. He has a lot of energy but is the furthest left candidate. RCV tends to favor moderates, and Cuomo is probably perceived as more moderate, rightly or wrongly.
“More moderate” in the scope of a Democratic party should be a middle of the party mild progressive. Cuomo is on the extreme right end of the options.
Should be, but NYC has a surprisingly conservative streak. Just look at their past mayors.
Interesting, I guess this will be a good opportunity for analysis.
Yeah it’s complicated. It might help more radical campaigns to launch but the actual tally should favor consensus candidates who I expect to be moderate. But it will be interesting to see what happens.
Didn’t Newsom veto one of these before? There’s a reason this stuff is implemented using citizens’ initiatives.
“Now’s not the time” is how they got Bernie.