Mayor says progressive peers who swept primaries speak to Americans ‘coast to coast’ as moderates have reservations

Mayor says progressive peers who swept primaries speak to Americans ‘coast to coast’ as moderates have reservations

Zohran Mamdani, the New York City mayor, said on Sunday that he and a slew of democratic socialist allies who prevailed in recent primary elections are carrying a “national message” to struggling working Americans hungry for a new kind of politics “coast to coast”.

Mamdani made that triumphant clarion call on ABC News’s This Week just five days after he had seen his endorsed candidates win Democratic nominations in three races for New York congressional seats, as well as for five state legislature positions in Albany. He made no effort to disguise his delight that his clean sweep marks a dramatic shift in Democratic politics – not just in New York City, which he has led since January, but also across the US.

He said that collectively they were carrying a “New Deal understanding” of Democratic politics to Congress and on to the “national stage”. It spoke, he said, to Americans feeling exhaustion at struggling to make ends meet “every single day”.

  • fizzle@quokk.auEnglish
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    6 days ago

    I dont think he has a magical ability to get things done, it just appears that way because the things he said he would do have a meaningful impact on people’s lives.

    Other mayors have basically been elected on a platform of maintaining the status quo.

    • sunbrrnslapper@lemmy.world
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      6 days ago

      My big comparison is to the string of mayors mayors in Seattle, who share similar political leanings, but appear to have have the execution power of rocks. He is like a million times more effective - and it makes a huge difference.

      • fizzle@quokk.auEnglish
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        6 days ago

        What do you think is the practical difference? I can’t help but wonder what someone with the execution power of a rock does all day. Do they just roll into work and fire up their reddit machine?

        • SparroHawc@lemmy.zip
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          6 days ago

          From my perspective, it seems like Mamdani has a personal policy of finding things that will make a positive impact, no matter how small, and giving them the push they need to get done rather than letting them get bogged down by committees or fishing for funding.

          A lot of politicians in similar positions spend their days wrangling and maneuvering, rather than finding a thing and just doing it.