NYC Mayoral Election Discussion

[aociswundumho]

Sure. But that's the thing about ranked choice voting - you don't need to get the most votes in the first round to win in the end.

That Mamdani dude will go far in politics. All terrible ideas but likeable, smart, and he answers any question with ease.

 

[TheDoctorWasIn]

That Mamdani dude will go far in politics. All terrible ideas but likeable, smart, and he answers any question with ease.

I agree. He's very good.

I didn't know about him until this year - I used be pretty tied into New York politics until I moved, and now that I've been back I haven't had the time.

I've known Lander for 15 or so years - I worked for him on his first City Council campaign. He's good too, but Mamdani's better.

 

[reinaert]

I agree. He's very good.

I didn't know about him until this year - I used be pretty tied into New York politics until I moved, and now that I've been back I haven't had the time.

I've known Lander for 15 or so years - I worked for him on his first City Council campaign. He's good too, but Mamdani's better.

Mira Nair's kid was probably always going to have a headstart on the camera work.

 

[TheDoctorWasIn]

This cross-endorsing thing is an interesting play - I only worked on one ranked-choice campaign, when I was in San Francisco - and it was the first year they were doing it, so no one had quite figured it out.

It was an 11 person race for the Board of Supervisors for the District that covered the Haight. Everyone trying their best to out-liberal each other.

The woman who won that election - the Willy Brown machine moderate and business-friendly candidate - is now the Mayor of San Francisco.

I do remember in the last week, there were a lot of frantic meetings between 5 or 6 of the more left candidates in the race, trying to figure out how to beat her. I wonder if a public "cross endorsing" would have helped.