New York Democratic Mayor Primary is Today

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CUOMO CONCEDED…

It’s like AOC v Crowley but whole city-wide

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good political news???? well hello!!! 

[27monster27 15,916]

So does this mean that there is no second round then?

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9 minutes ago, thierryrreiht said:

Cuomo gave a speech a few minutes ago, seemingly conceding the victory to Mamdani. However there is technically a second round, to be counted on July 1st, since none of them reached 50%. Let's see what happens, but signs point to a Mamdani win for the Primary. 

do people vote again, or they just count differently based on how they were ranked? (sorry I don't know how ranked choice works )

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1 minute ago, 27monster27 said:

So does this mean that there is no second round then?

there will be but zohran will win

the general election is in november where it all becomes official - he’s all but guaranteed to win 

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I can’t believe something good happened for once 

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1 hour ago, StarstruckIllusion said:

there will be but zohran will win

the general election is in november where it all becomes official - he’s all but guaranteed to win 

Okay that is good for July. Let's pray for everything to go well. 

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11 minutes ago, 27monster27 said:

Okay that is good for July. Let's pray for everything to go well. 

We won’t be praying - we will be voting! (those who can hehe)

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So was it ranked choice voting? If so the delay in counting the 2nd round seems weird to me. 

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I’m sorry but I don’t see his socialist policies working in NYC. People complain about NYC being expensive but that’s simply supply and demand. If a lot of people want to live in a densely populated area then it’s going to be somewhat expensive. 

And where are they gonna get all the money to pay for all of these things? People in New York are already taxed like crazy. Good luck to this man, but I expect to see pigs flying before his policies actually work in NYC without bankrupting the city or causing a max exodus of overtaxed, frustrated residents.

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6 hours ago, Concertaholic said:

I’m sorry but I don’t see his socialist policies working in NYC. People complain about NYC being expensive but that’s simply supply and demand. If a lot of people want to live in a densely populated area then it’s going to be somewhat expensive. 

And where are they gonna get all the money to pay for all of these things? People in New York are already taxed like crazy. Good luck to this man, but I expect to see pigs flying before his policies actually work in NYC without bankrupting the city or causing a max exodus of overtaxed, frustrated residents.

“Supply and demand” is not a force of nature - it’s a force of greed. You know very little of the FDR era and the decades following if you think America cannot handle high taxation of the rich.

People in NYC are leaving the city in droves actually - but because they’re being priced out, not over taxed. They cried this same song about leaving the city when de Blasio won and yet the billionaires stayed and oh btw - even more millionaires popped up during his mayoral tenure. 

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3 hours ago, Concertaholic said:

I’m sorry but I don’t see his socialist policies working in NYC. People complain about NYC being expensive but that’s simply supply and demand. If a lot of people want to live in a densely populated area then it’s going to be somewhat expensive. 

And where are they gonna get all the money to pay for all of these things? People in New York are already taxed like crazy. Good luck to this man, but I expect to see pigs flying before his policies actually work in NYC without bankrupting the city or causing a max exodus of overtaxed, frustrated residents.

One of his main taxation policies I've seen - although ill fully admit to not following this race closely - was to being NYC's corporate tax rate up to 11.5%.

That's not going to bankrupt the city or cause a mass exodus. Global businesses will remain because its nigh impossible to move a global financial center. Local businesses cannot move. 

And its well below the average corporate tax rate globally of 23.51% (25.67% if weighted by GDP). 

The cost of being in NYC as a large corporate will go up but will still be significantly cheaper than moving offshore. And there's little in the way of viable replacement options in the USA without significant infrastructure investment in red state cities which is highly unlikely. 

His other main tax pledge - the 2% income tax rate on earnings over a million USD is a drop in the ocean for those people. 

 

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20 hours ago, hpmcmill said:

I am a democrat, who wants to vote for democrats, not democratic socialists the same age as me with barely any experience.

Cause those fossils with many years of experience have been doing so well? 
 

if anything, the political spectrum needs way more young and unexperienced blood.

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7 hours ago, StarstruckIllusion said:

he’s all but guaranteed to win

They said this about Kamala and i still havent recovered

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2 hours ago, InTheCloset said:

They said this about Kamala and i still havent recovered

They’re not going to get people to vote for a disgraced sex pest and a hated cop mayor who is seen as a trump stooge… while it’s too late to throw literally anyone else in the race

I quite literally cannot fathom how they get it but don’t be fooled, billionaires and the israel lobby are gonna get ugly trying