I can totally believe it because of our shit society, but also still “can’t believe” scumbag Cuomo is going to win…
From what I understand, the absolute most optimistic polls have Cuomo still ahead by 1-2 points, and the worst have him ahead by 15+…
I have no love to shout from the rooftops for, so if I could I’d be shouting “I fucking hate the vast majority of you people.”
Our society: “yes we’ve voted for moronic corruption and self serving greed, but this time it will be different! I mean the other guy is a spooky socialist!!!”
Actually there are more polls coming out that have Mamdani ahead now, still extremely close but I wouldn’t call it a guaranteed win for Cuomo. Especially since we’re just starting to see the ripple effects from the Mayoral debate and AOC’s endorsement.
Yeah that’s fair, I think the main thing you can hope for is that a lot of Cuomo’s support comes just from people who pick him just because they recognize him, which means they’re probably not high propensity voters. Meanwhile a lot of Mamdani’s support is grassroots which means hopefully a lot of his supporters are high propensity voters.
I hope those that voted already left Cuomo off their ballot, but there’s always going to be voters who will rank him and Mamdani, though both propose very different visions for the city. About double the number of people from 2021 are voting early this time, so I think we may be in for a pleasant surprise.
Important to remember, too, that a lot of those polls make meaningful assumptions about who is likely to turn out, and Mamdani’s strategy is pretty zeroed-in on mobilizing registered democrats who ordinarily would not be likely to vote in a primary race.
Cuomo’s campaign is extremely traditional and aiming at traditionally active primary voters, so it would be extremely encouraging to see a major race be won by the radical, non-traditional candidate over the traditional establishment one. It would certainly open up the field for 2028, especially against establishment democrats who’s main advantage is their safe coalition numbers.
Why would you be surprised? This is the same city that voted for a cop and then was surprised to find out he was corrupt. You have to expect NYC to make the wrong decision.
“No see this corrupt cop is black, therefore he’s going to be okay. Ignore that he’s an state-backed abuser no matter his skin tone, as all cops are rotten to the core, he’s black so he clearly know what it’s like to be beaten to death for being black.”
I can totally believe it because of our shit society, but also still “can’t believe” scumbag Cuomo is going to win…
From what I understand, the absolute most optimistic polls have Cuomo still ahead by 1-2 points, and the worst have him ahead by 15+…
I have no love to shout from the rooftops for, so if I could I’d be shouting “I fucking hate the vast majority of you people.”
Our society: “yes we’ve voted for moronic corruption and self serving greed, but this time it will be different! I mean the other guy is a spooky socialist!!!”
Actually there are more polls coming out that have Mamdani ahead now, still extremely close but I wouldn’t call it a guaranteed win for Cuomo. Especially since we’re just starting to see the ripple effects from the Mayoral debate and AOC’s endorsement.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/06/11/zohran-mamdani-climbs-to-top-of-poll-leading-andrew-cuomo-00401594
I really hope that’s true! Given all our history I’ve grown to have very little faith in the electorate lol
Yeah that’s fair, I think the main thing you can hope for is that a lot of Cuomo’s support comes just from people who pick him just because they recognize him, which means they’re probably not high propensity voters. Meanwhile a lot of Mamdani’s support is grassroots which means hopefully a lot of his supporters are high propensity voters.
I hope those that voted already left Cuomo off their ballot, but there’s always going to be voters who will rank him and Mamdani, though both propose very different visions for the city. About double the number of people from 2021 are voting early this time, so I think we may be in for a pleasant surprise.
Important to remember, too, that a lot of those polls make meaningful assumptions about who is likely to turn out, and Mamdani’s strategy is pretty zeroed-in on mobilizing registered democrats who ordinarily would not be likely to vote in a primary race.
Cuomo’s campaign is extremely traditional and aiming at traditionally active primary voters, so it would be extremely encouraging to see a major race be won by the radical, non-traditional candidate over the traditional establishment one. It would certainly open up the field for 2028, especially against establishment democrats who’s main advantage is their safe coalition numbers.
Why would you be surprised? This is the same city that voted for a cop and then was surprised to find out he was corrupt. You have to expect NYC to make the wrong decision.
And then did nothing about it.
“No see this corrupt cop is black, therefore he’s going to be okay. Ignore that he’s an state-backed abuser no matter his skin tone, as all cops are rotten to the core, he’s black so he clearly know what it’s like to be beaten to death for being black.”
Individually, I tend to like Americans, but as a whole I consider American culture least capable of self-examination / selflessness.
I’ve lived in several highly multicultural cities and I’ve traveled far and wide. I can say for sure, thinking is just not an American passtime.