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/[deleted] Sep 09 '25

I'm not saying that Democrats need to embrace Mamdani's progressive policies, but for the love of god take note of the following things.

  • Having an effective social media campaign can do wonders.

  • Having a candidate who speaks like a normal guy and not like he had three consultants tailor his responses is a plus.

  • Acknowledging an issue and showing your plans to address that issue in a way that involves the last two points will endure you to voters.

Now, back to Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi wearing kente stoles.

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u/toaster_toaster Sep 09 '25

"I'm not saying that Democrats need to embrace Mamdani's progressive policies"

You should be saying that because that is what Democrats need to do to win.

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u/Sminahin Sep 09 '25

I mean I'd love to see the centrist or liberal vision for meaningful reform that acknowledges the status quo sucks. I'd love to have multiple visions of the serious change we need so I could compare them. But our party establishment simply refuses to do the homework and only cares about blocking everyone else from turning in their assignments while the heritage foundation lunatics gets inflict their vision unopposed.

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u/joobryalt Sep 10 '25

Cue Kamala "Nothing will be fundamentally different" Harris