I hope I live long enough to enjoy the results.

Can't wait either.

The Boomer generation is on the way out. Hopefully younger people can undue the damage we've done. I'm incredibly sad and angry about the burdens my generation have loaded onto the future.

Dems should be able to win the general election in blue NYC unless Cuomo runs as an independent.

How does that break out for ranked choice? Who is the secondary for each of those? I'm not even sure TBH.

Mamdani/Cuomo?

Cuomo/Adams?

Adams/Cuomo?

Silwa/Adams?

Maybe? I can see arguments for variations on that...

to see who is a popular second choice for ranked voting if nobody wins outright

I see no circumstances that have Sliwa winning though.

so one of the Dems should still be able to win the general election.

But this may help Zohran imo.

She prefers Sliwa, but knows that he has no chance.

Cuomo has filed as an independent (he did that prior to May 10). If he runs, he could steal votes from Mamdani -- but he will also likely take from Eric Adams (running as independent) and Sliwa.
If Cuomo doesn't run, then it's a case of how many older Black voters choose a different candidate. I don't know the breakdown of this vote, but polling prior to the election showed Cuomo doing well among older Black voters, and voters age 50-59.
If everything stays as normal Mamdani wins. If Cuomo plays sore loser, then it's a toss up (IMO)
I know very little about Jim Walden (he is likely a nothing running as an independent. But, I've read he has almost a million dollars on hand and could get a lot more from former federal prosecutors that support him). He has a reputation as a 'Good Government' guy. A somewhat deserved one, as well.

The general will look very different.

He’s handsome too.

Republicans have been extremely successful spreading the corporate mantra of "Disruption" which emphasizes destruction of established ways.

Democrats must reclaim and spread the mantra of "Change" as positive reform and initiative.

Impossible to feel sorry for the guy.

They saw through all of the bull irespective of how much was spent on Cuomo.

That's how Dems can win it all.

running -- but as an Independent.

Cuomo to do what is best for Cuomo, not New Yorkers. Which means he will likely be an independent candidate.

I expect he knows that now.
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once the ranked choice is applied. Numbers like that should encourage Cuomo to give it up and not run in the general election.

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Link to tweet

There will be less money going to feds after DOGE fiasco so maybe he can find those funds in his state.
I am not in NYC so best of luck to him.

I can find his answer on YouTube, but it is way better in a version that cuts all of the candidate's answers to the question together.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9B-ILm-NP0s

WTF does being mayor have to do with foreign relations? Last time I checked, it wasn't a federal office.

I am elated


There was one little clip on NPR last night. Kubo called Zohran Kennedy. She laughable and Zohran just sliced him to bits gently respectfully politely with facts.

You've made your own legacy, Andy, now live with it.

All the goodwill and contacts you had because of your father have expired.

They've been promoting his group of renegades for years.

Mr. Mamdani was successful. Good for him!!!!!!

I love the economic populism (we need it, we're getting killed by the billionaires - literally); but there are issues regarding whether he is antisemitic. That is the weakness from what I've read the past few days. Both republicans and/or independents will do whatever they can to use that as a wedge, so he will need to address it convincingly, sooner rather than later.

In that he thinks the Israeli government is criminal (they are) and the Palestinians should be equal to Israelis (they should).

The horror.

like I said it will need to be addressed in some form, so as not to be made into a wedge issue, because it will. But I will also say the republicans will grasp at any slight hint, no matter how slight, to blow something into a wedge issue because it is what they do.

I focus on the economics, always have, always will.

Is really, really, desperate to get a return on his investment.

I don't know that Ackman is necessarily "MAGA", but he is pro- Israel.

Like I said above, republicans will do all they can to fan the flames.

He'll still toss money Democrats way, but these days it's more to hedge things than an actual belief in Democratic ideals.

He was a solid believer in the Genocide Joe bullshit that the Russians cooked up to convince Palestine supporters to put Trump back into office.

500k down the toilet with Mamdrani beating out Cuomo. He's since swapped his support over to Adams, and has been pushing for Cuomo to not run third party and for Sliwa to not run at all. A push in certain MAGA circles to deport Mamdani would fit with his efforts to play kingmaker in this election.