• wpb@lemmy.world
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    4 days 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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      4 days 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.

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        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.

        One, two, three! Three candidates, ah ah ah!

        Or are you saying that candidates with no government experience don’t count? Because then I must ask how Hillary Clinton managed to lose a presidential election where she was the only candidate.

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          So you’re saying that there were three candidates running and all three were Socialists?

          And yes, quoting a Sesame Street character certainly makes me think that you are a knowledgeable commenter.

          And I’ll repeat the original comment.

          Mamdani got fewer total votes than Harris got in New York City. Harris got 65% of New York City’s votes, and Mamdani got 51%.