Weird how these progressive candidates keep having very high approval ratings while the moderates/secret Republicans get much lower approvals. Maybe we need to pick more of the progressive candidates.
this post was submitted on 16 Dec 2025
578 points (99.1% liked)
politics
26738 readers
2335 users here now
Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!
Rules:
- Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.
Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.
Example:
- Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
- Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
- No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
- Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
- No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning
We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.
All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.
That's all the rules!
Civic Links
• Congressional Awards Program
• Library of Congress Legislative Resources
• U.S. House of Representatives
Partnered Communities:
• News
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
And it's getting harder to distinguish. I mean... look at Jasmine Crockett, since Mamdani's win, liberals have started cosplaying as progressives. You can tell, because the only thing they do is point out the problems, but never propose a solution, while people like Bernie and Mamdani didn't stop with pointing out "healthcare and housing are expensive", they ran on actual solutions like medicare and rent-freezing.
If I had a dollar for every time a Republican friend told me, “how are we going to pay for these things” with it acknowledging the progressives have solutions for that.
Meanwhile, they didn't bat an eye at the I.C.E. budget.
Or the record setting defense budget
load more comments
(4 replies)
Nah bro we can pivot right and get moderates. Please bro just one more drift to the right I swear bro, we'll get the moderate republicans this time!
load more comments
(11 replies)
Had he even entered office yet?
Not til the ball drops
What to pre-pubescent testicles have to do with this?
NYC has the ball drop at new year.
I was clearly making a joke.
So like, do New Yorkers hold their balls until new years? Dont they get tired?
That's where the Mandani socialism comes in.
A burden shared is a burden halved
Ayyyyyy
load more comments
(2 replies)
Seems a little premature until he is sworn in and delivers on his promises
Oddly enough I've seen the purported progressives on here already trying to claim he's bad on a few occasions.
Hate to break it to you, but people can lie about what they believe and who they are...
Especially on the internet.
Yeah, and the legitimate lefties out there are awesome and I hope they get their way.
Then there are the ones who preach disengagement because "both sides" / "blue-maga"...
I mean, shits been fucked up largely due to neoliberals controlling the DNC...
That changed with the last chair electuon, and some people are genuinely ignorant of that fact. Others want people on the actual left to be disengaged for the next primary.
load more comments
(3 replies)
load more comments
(3 replies)
Really? But he's basically a progressive dream come true? Maybe because his Trump visit? But he really did great there too.
The only consistent thing about the left since its existence is infighting and self-sabotage.
There is absolutely room for criticism against Zohran. I wholeheartedly support that voting for him was still the correct choice and I hope he really does unleash significant progressive policy for NYC. I also believe he deserves the criticism for manufacturing consent for action against Venezuela and Cuba by calling their presidents dictators in the context of today's likelihood of attack against the former; and for his redundancy on pinning the Isntreali genocide of Palestinians on October 7th.
load more comments
(2 replies)
Yes, because people are either good or bad, and thus everything they do is either good or bad. Depending of course on whether they are good or bad only.
load more comments
(4 replies)
Wait until he starts making policy. Then see if you’re still thrilled. We’v been disappointed in the past.
I'd rather have him fail on half of his policies than Cuomo implement all of his.
The optimist in me wants you to shut up but the realist in me knows that will be the true test.
Agreed. Sucks being a lib/progressive and being constantly disappointed in some way by your leadership. Meanwhile, the right sets everything on fire, including themselves, and parties like it’s 2099.
some things are more do-able than others. Free buses is easy. bringing down rents, not so much.
load more comments
(1 replies)
load more comments
(8 replies)
Helps when you don't have billionaire-funded FUD (fear, uncertainty, doubt) blasted at you every day.
He did get blasted though.
edit: all that Muslim = 9/11 terrorist shit, fucking disgusting.
Wonder how the Democratic party will ratfuck this guy.
They’ll block his policies and allow special interests to run attack ads, then will savage him in the next primary that he was ineffective at carrying out his policies.
While I support him and agree his popularity is up, beware of the numbers in this article.
It switches between NY City polls and NY State polls.
The poll also found support for some of Mamdani’s proposals—65 percent of New York State voters support offering universal, free child care for families with young children, and 50 percent of city voters support eliminating fares on New York City buses.
view more: next ›