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Lemmy seems to think this election is already in the bag based entirely off of echo chambers saying he has overwhelming support. It's like you people have learned nothing from the 2024 election. I would love if Mamdani would win, but my money is on him losing pretty badly. Things don't get better anymore.
What has lead you to think he is likely to lose?
Are you more plugged into lib media, and they're doing "actually potential democrat voters love Republicans, so mandami is unelectable"?
Long, long, LONG history of Americans rejecting socialism of any type, even in heavily liberal areas. And, from what I've seen, while he is leading in the polls, the majority of his support is from 18-29 year olds, which is a demographic that you can dependably rely on to not show up to vote. It's been the same story the last 1500 times these kinds of things have played out. Why the hell would it be any different this time?
What (I hope) we learned from the 2024 election is that the actual candidate matters, and that Democrats can't win by running to the center and playing it "safe".
Zohran's up by double digits and he's only gaining ground day by day.
Trump still has plenty of time to send tanks into Lower Manhattan and declare Gracie Mansion a Whites Only Zone. But from an election perspective? Dude's got this.
He'll start campaigning with the Cheney's and everything will work out.
He's way ahead of Cuomo in the polls...
Well thats just straight up pessimism without anything backing it other than depression.
Its ok to be worried that the worst can happen but just accepting it is not helpful. Things happen and change all the time. Better and worse.
I'll be back after November 4th; either to eat humble pie, or to see how you're holding up and if you learned anything.
Learned anything? I am learning stuff all the time. I just use that to adjust my view of the world not act smug about feeling bad about the world. There is no lesson that the world only gets worse.
I expect I'll be holding up better than you.