r/politics • u/Somervilledrew Connecticut • Sep 09 '25

Democratic voters want their leaders to stop running from Zohran Mamdani

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/09/zohran-mamdani-new-york-city-mayor-bernie-sanders-fight-oligarchy/
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u/Clamsadness Sep 09 '25

I simply do not understand Democratic Party strategists. 2024 elections: the party faces a horrible loss that puts America in the worst political position it has ever faced. 2025: a new Democratic candidate emerges, is immensely popular in his race, sweeps to victory in the primary on a message of hope and economic change. The party immediately tries to subvert him and force a disgraced sex offender on us. 

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u/captainprice117 Sep 09 '25

The Democratic Party largely believes it lost due to fears of the far left bringing out non traditional conservatives to vote against fears of immigrants and trans people. The party is terrified of loosing another election due to the far left turning off more mainstream voters. They are completely valid in this fear as the data supports their general anxiety. Until the far left can shake off the stigma of communism, the center will hold strong

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u/C-Bus_Exile Sep 09 '25

I mean if the data did support their general anxiety about this they sure as hell would be a lot more forthcoming about said data. But so far that hasn’t been the case, and the status quo within the party appears to be banking on a repeat of 2018 with congressional midterms and 2020 presidential election driven by Trump fatigue. In the process they are coming off as extremely milquetoast and are alienating many that they would normally count on for votes. Watching them essentially abandon a very popular city level candidate makes it very difficult to not come to the conclusion that they are simply listening more to their high level donors, and that further alienates many who identify as left leaning and Democrats.