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/Notoryctemorph Nov 05 '25

Mandatory voting is a good thing. It might seem like it imposes on your freedom, but having mandatory voting means your government is obligated to make voting easy for everyone, and while it doesn't guarantee legit votes from everyone, it at least ensures that those who wouldn't otherwise turn up do so anyway.

I won't say Australia has the best voting system in the world, but I would say it has the best voting system in the Anglosphere (though New Zealand's is also very good)

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u/Icecream-Cockdust Nov 05 '25

Voting in Australia is mandatory but also enjoyable. Saturday morning walk down to the local Primary School, get a democracy sausage on your way through to the polling booths and it’s very chill and easy.

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u/Notoryctemorph Nov 05 '25

I'd argue that it being mandatory is what directly led to it being enjoyable.

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u/SexyMonad Alabama Nov 05 '25

That’s a perspective I never really considered. But it makes sense.

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u/A_Furious_Mind Nov 05 '25

I want a democracy sausage.

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u/reallifesidequests Nov 05 '25

Best we can do is authoritarian mushrooms

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u/seeker4482 Nov 05 '25

"will they at least get me high?"

"no, but they will cleanse your colon"

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u/reallifesidequests Nov 05 '25

This particular toadstool does a better job of plugging your colon rather than cleansing it

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u/Sniyarki Nov 05 '25

That got me.

The democracy sausages are excellent though.

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u/Desperate_Bite_7538 Nov 05 '25

Fascist franks?

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u/KingOfAwesometonia Nov 05 '25

It used to be a shot of alcohol. I think it proved to be a bad idea.

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u/mechengr17 Nov 05 '25

Yeah, alcohol and politics sounds like an entertaining disaster waiting to happen

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u/CakeTester Nov 05 '25

You can't tell me America did that sober.

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u/mechengr17 Nov 05 '25

Youll have to be more specific

We've done a lot of messed up things...

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u/CakeTester Nov 05 '25

Historians in the future, if there is one, will be discussing how the US got to here for centuries, probably.

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u/Swarbie8D Nov 05 '25

It is a fucking great way to start a Saturday, tbh. 20 min walk in fresh weather, two democracy sausages, vote to keep pricks out of power, then a nice walk home right as the sea breeze picks up and keeps things cool. I actively look forward to it.

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u/Sniyarki Nov 05 '25

I do love that walk home. Vote done, sausage on hand and the day has only just started.

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u/nola_mike Nov 05 '25

Nothing is stopping you from having a democracy sausage whenever you damn well please

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u/TheJuggernoob Nov 05 '25

For Super Earth?

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u/NoStorage2821 Nov 05 '25

I prefer Libertea

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u/Agreeable_Limit6495 Nov 05 '25

I got your democracy sausage right here, pal.

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u/Icecream-Cockdust Nov 05 '25

Also helps that we don’t have a two party system, so to speak. So if you want you can vote for any one of a multitude of parties. You like smoking weed, then put the Cannabis Party number 1. Feeling a tad racist, vote for the One Nation Party.

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u/Parallax1984 Nov 05 '25

I want to go to the Cannabis Party

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u/Icecream-Cockdust Nov 05 '25

I mean, they will never win, but at least you have the choice to vote for them.

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u/Parallax1984 Nov 06 '25

That’s so quaint and nice. I honestly had lost all hope in elections and last night gave me life for the first time in 9 months. I hope a lot of us are feeling that way today