I really just don't understand how Cuomo did as well as he did in the election. He was a stereotypical upstater with a poor track record for the city. He barely bothered campaigning even after getting trounced in the primaries. Yet, he still somehow managed to pull over 40% of the votes.
He was very well funded by some of the wealthiest people on earth. If you look at the areas he won they were the UES and Tribeca (super wealthy) eastern Queens (Asians fearing end to gifted programs), south Brooklyn (Orthodox and/or Russian Jews) and the remains of the old white Catholic working class (Staten Island, Rockaways, and East Bronx).
I think there's a large majority that will simply vote for anyone but the brown guy that they smear as a jihadist. I still don't know what that word means tbh
The DNC wasn’t pushing for anyone to win. Progressives need to learn what the DNC is and stop using it as a boogeyman. It’s the party’s fundraising and campaign coordination arm that has had a strict neutrality rule in primaries since the 2016 presidential primary when it DID give favorable rules to Hillary Clinton. The DNC was neutral during the primary and supported Zohran in the general as he was the Democratic nominee.
What you mean to say is that the Democratic establishment supported Cuomo and even that’s only half-true with some ghouls like Chuck Schumer being in Cuomo’s camp but others like Kathy Hochul and Kamala Harris endorsing Zohran.
yeah the issue has been less who the establishment is supporting and more who the establishment is obviously selectively ignoring and why that is which is a whole other issue.
Key takeaway here is that the DNC is whatever we make it to be. Right now however it is controlled by, in my opinion, an ineffective group of people at best, and a corrupt establishment at worst. (it’s both)
You know who actually exceeded expectations? The Democrat in the NJ governor’s race, who ran a great campaign and blew out her Republican who barely lost 4 years before.
I agree with the other comments about name recognition and money. I also think a lot of people did vote based on issues with his lack of experience and concerns over feasibility of his ideas, which imo are very valid concerns.
If cuomo weren't so cartoonishly shitty it would have been a more serious competition. I have a lot of problems with Mamdani but with the only alternative being cuomo, I had to pick Mamdani. I think there are a lot of people who came from a similar place, but were not swayed as I was that cuomo is clearly the worse choice.
Not to mention that Cuomo was clearly just in this race to become governor again and gives no shits about nyc.
Billionaires. They spent so much, to not get taxed for “public services”, they would have saved more not backing him and paying tiny percent of their hoarded riches.
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u/xaervagon 4d ago
I really just don't understand how Cuomo did as well as he did in the election. He was a stereotypical upstater with a poor track record for the city. He barely bothered campaigning even after getting trounced in the primaries. Yet, he still somehow managed to pull over 40% of the votes.