• ultranaut@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I think you misunderstood them, aren’t they referring to the vote in NYC? Harris won in NYC by a good margin

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      1 day ago

      Thanks for the clarification, that wasn’t very clear indeed! Then OP’s argument is stopped dead in its tracks by the fact that the mayoral election had more than two candidate, and the presidential election did not.

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      2 days ago

      Yes, I was referring to the NYC vote.

      I thought that would be obvious, but apparently some folks need more explanation

      Thanks for replying to them.

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        1 day ago

        Yeah no that wasn’t very clear. Still it’s a very misleading (or ill thought out) argument. As others have pointed out, you’re comparing apples and oranges here because the races had different number of realistic options for the electorate to choose from.

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          1 day ago

          Actually, it’s an either/or option.

          Either you vote for the Democratic Socialist, or you don’t.

          Mamdani was running against Andrew Cuomo, who had to resign as NY Governor after being outed as a sexual predator. The GOP candidate was Curtis Silwa, a radio shock jock with zero government experience.

          If there was a big Socialist majority in New York, it chose to stay home.

          And exactly one person couldn’t figure out what I was talking about, so I think it’s more on them than I what I wrote.