Start with the 128 Democrats who voted with Republicans to table an impeachment vote this week.
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After Mamdani Victory, Progressives Call for Primary Challenges to Democratic Establishment
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I've got one in my district. I'll be on board with all efforts going forward to replace him.
Just be on the lookout for Sinemas hiding among the progressives.
The best way to have a Dem win the general, is a healthy primary.
If it's not then the only way shitty Dems get out of office, is giving the seat to a Republican.
The myth that primaries hurt in the general is a lie spread by neoliberals. It's bad for them because if you compare a neoliberl to literally anyone that's not a Republican, they look like a turd sandwich.
Are you saying we shouldn’t vote blue no matter who?
Screw blue. If everyone votes blue, no matter who, we still live in a fascist, capitalist country going down the drain because politicians would rather cash checks from their corporate masters than do what's right. We need actual reform.
Since it has to rhyme, vote progressive, not regressive?
Very obviously no.
You say that because you're a rational person. The people he was replying to. Thought it was more important that Biden/Harris lose than trump. They ridiculed those calling for solidarity against trump. Screeching blue maga. Because they didn't care if trump won.
No I misinterpreted this section of the comment as a call to action rather than pointing out the obvious.
If it's not then the only way shitty Dems get out of office, is giving the seat to a Republican.
There you go again, blaming the voters for the fact that Biden and Harris were shitty candidates. God forbid they could have changed their policies. Never that.
And your position looks even more messed up today. If you consider what's happening in Palestine today. Harris wanted to take a pro-Israel stance, she did, Trump pretended that he was all about peace, we knew he was lying, but it was too late because she already threw away those votes.. That's 100% on her, we all predicted it, and she did whatever she wanted.
Let's show them what "woke" really means. We are awake. And we see what they have been doing. And we are going to stop it.
Hogg them all.
Hoggs out for harambe
Keep your Hoggs cranked
AROOOOO
I’ve been kind of confused about this whole thing. In the US, are even mayoral elections Democrat VS Republican? What happens if more than two people want to run for mayor?
This was a primary election so both major parties were fielding several candidates. The reality is no Republican is getting elected in NYC as long as we have free and fair elections in the USA so the democratic primary winner is the most likely person to win in November when the general election is held.
You are not obligated to run under a party in US elections. It just makes it easier to win.
My concern is that Cuomo is planning to run as an independent and my pessimism is telling me that somehow he might win. I mean no one thought Trump would win in 2016 or again in 2024, but here we are.
But the part of me that wants something to hold on to is desperately optimistic that this might be the start of the change.
If Cuomo runs as independent, I don’t think he comes close to winning but he definitely splits the vote which could push this Republican. Does the NY Mayoral race also use rank choice? If it does then evething should still be fine.
I read something yesterday that says no, it’s the usual FPTP. Only the primary was RCV.
The primaries did
If Cuomo runs independent, the democratic party loses any hope of keeping their progressive base and it might actually split entirely.
After bullying their base for the last 10 years to get in line behind their shit moderate candidates, if they were to suddenly decide that primaries don't mean anything then they'd never be able to convince progressives to vote against their interests again.
Cuomo is backed by the democratic establishment and the DNC's donor class. It doesnt matter if he's independent, he's the establishment pick and would be running with their funding.
That all sounds like Cuomo is going to run independent
Cuomo is a sex pest like Trunp so thats a big +1 for him in voters eyes /s
some thought Trunk might win in 2016 due to Celebrity Power
It depends on the city. Mine (Madison, WI) doesn't officially list any party affiliation for mayor or city alders. We also use a runoff election system, so we're not stuck on two parties for local things.
In practice, candidates are often backed and/or endorsed by some political parties. Common ones are Progressive Dane (county level party) or Working Families (which has national reach and is basically a socialist party working within the Democratic party). When they move up to state or federal seats, they usually join the Democrats while continuing to work with the Working Families party.
The whole two party system thing in general isn't really a rule per se, you're allowed to run as part of some other party or independent of one, for any office that I know of. In smaller local elections like town councils and such you can even be competitive that way. It's just that the way we do voting, most of the time, means that for any election in which a reasonable number of voters participate, only two parties can be competitive and any more would actually make their side less likely to win. It's a not originally intended side effect of the rules we use, that now serves to keep the existing parties' monopoly on most higher offices.
Yes, very much so. Each party has their candidate. Some states might let multiple members of the same party run, and there have certainly been instances where people have run unopposed for certain offices, but generally most elected positions in the US are partisan.
It has been a key Republican strategy for several decades now to control as many states governorship as they can manage because it allows them to do things like gerrymandering and to pass state policies that favor Republicans.
That’s sad to hear honestly. I thought city politics would be the one place Americans could escape the two party BS
Clear out the cruft! Give us politicians we can get behind.
You basically have to clone Mamdani to fill out all the positions he should have.