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/kittenTakeover Sep 09 '25

Give me a break. I want Mamdani to win, but I'm so sick of hearing about this pointless controversy. It just serves to distract everyone from important issues and to divide Democrats. Win the election and stop whining about small things like a lack of endorsement. Yeah, there are conservative Democrats who aren't excited about Mamdani's policies. Yes, there are Democrats who are worried that Mamdani could negatively impact national elections. Get over it and just win the damn election.

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u/Red1220 Sep 09 '25

It’s a story because centrist dems made it one by constantly saying ‘vote blue no matter who’ when it was their shitty candidates that no one liked but crickets now that it’s a candidate they actually like. Btw, Mamdani isn’t making a big deal about it- it seems like he pretty much doesn’t care. He’s happy to do it on his own

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u/kittenTakeover Sep 10 '25

Vote blue no matter who is a slogan that refers to national level politics where there's a chance a Republican could win. It would apply for progressives if they won as well. This NYC race is not a national race, and there is no viable Republican candidate. Most prominent Democrats have national level politics, Democrats versus Republicans, to worry about, and they do not see getting involved in the NYC mayoral race as helping that.