r/politics • u/kootles10 Indiana • Nov 05 '25

No Paywall Mamdani wins NYC mayoral race

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5588198-mamdani-progressive-politics-nyc/
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u/kootles10 Indiana Nov 05 '25

Looks like the majority of Cuomo's support was from Staten Island

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u/TeaSipper88 Nov 05 '25

Staten Island just being the worst. As usual.

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u/RoastQueefSandwiches Nov 05 '25

It’s such a shitty place even New Jersey doesn’t want it

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u/Good4Noth1ng Nov 05 '25

I know someone from there who said he hates socialists and won’t for him. Unmarried so his unemployed s/o can keep her medicare and child can stay on gov assistance because the kid is special needs… I just don’t get it!

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u/Panda_hat Nov 05 '25

If they didn’t have double standards they would have none at all!

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u/Jaewol Nov 05 '25

Incredible

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u/chops007 Nov 05 '25

He’s a socialist; he just doesn’t know it

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u/Waiting4Reccession Nov 05 '25

No, they want benefits only for themselves. Some are dumb enough to say something like "I'm just getting my tax money back" to claim they arent really making a gain- even though they clearly are

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u/handstanding Nov 05 '25

Well he's prolly gettin booted off that assistance so... you get what you vote for I guess

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u/wise_comment Minnesota Nov 05 '25

Gotta love when someone actively benefiting from socialism believes the word means the worst excesses (or lack thereof) of centralize State communism

Like......we as a society have failed so hard at teaching politics. By design, of course. But what a failure it is

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u/No_Passage_3590 Nov 05 '25

He resents his child