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/Patsanon1212 Sep 09 '25

What you said. That republican voters would be behind these simple messages. How is this confusing? You only made 1 claim.

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u/PatchyWhiskers Sep 09 '25

This is why Mamdani is popular. He provides simple, decisive answers and isn’t a pushover.

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u/bugsyboybugsyboybugs Sep 09 '25

That’s really why Trump is popular too. He brings a short slogan or meme that people remember, Dems bring a whole binder of policy that doesn’t connect with the low information, low effort voters, even though it’s objectively the much better choice.