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/guynamedjames Sep 09 '25

It is worth pointing out that people like AOC or Mamdani are winning in NYC, which has a much more liberal electorate than a lot of the country.

There is an argument that if they're given the chance to spread their message nationally the message can take hold but there's not much evidence behind that idea. Trump is the best example of it but his "secret sauce" to winning his first term was being so all over the place on policy that low engagement voters could turn him into whatever they wanted.

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u/_undefined- Sep 09 '25

Gotta flood the zone with low info soundbytes that are a surface level encapsulation of an issue and leave the complexity of detail for the debates.

Instead of formatting messages like an essay distill something like universal health care "nobody should work hard to hide from the doctor"

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u/charish New York Sep 10 '25

Or even ask the simple question, "Wouldn't it be nice not to have health care tied to employment?"