Mamdani won the House minority leader's district by double digits in New York City's Democratic mayoral primary, prompting one critic to ask, "Do those voters not matter?"
Edit: ok I’m generous too, while you’re not wrong about most of that low voter turnout is absolutely a signal, moreso than hundreds of thousands pinching their noses and voting Democrat again. Why should they ever bother being worth voting for when you and everyone else just wants your vote to be against something?
Over the long term, you created these conditions. The sooner you stop letting them get away with it, the sooner they’ll have to start serving the people
tldr
Edit: ok I’m generous too, while you’re not wrong about most of that low voter turnout is absolutely a signal, moreso than hundreds of thousands pinching their noses and voting Democrat again. Why should they ever bother being worth voting for when you and everyone else just wants your vote to be against something?
Over the long term, you created these conditions. The sooner you stop letting them get away with it, the sooner they’ll have to start serving the people