Tuesday, June 24, 2025

THAT CRAZY BASTARD MAY ACTUALLY WIN

By Bob Walsh

 

Side by side portraits of New York City mayoral candidates Zohran Mamdani, former Governor Andrew Cuomo, and Mayor Eric Adams. 

From left to right: New York City mayoral candidates Zohran Mamdani, former Governor Andrew Cuomo, and Mayor Eric Adams.

 

The last major poll out before today's NY mayor's race shows that Zohran Mamdani may very well win.  The ballot is a ranked choice affair so the predictions can be a little tricky, but there is a very nice chart out that shows if it runs all the way out to the end Mamdani will pick up enough of the lunatic fringe votes that he will edge out Cuomo.  

Personally I find Cuomo to be a disgusting human being.  That being said if the people of New York City actually elect an open, declared socialist (rather than Bloomberg who was an in-the-closet socialist) they deserve what happens to them.  

In all fairness I say the same thing about the electorate of California with some regularity.  The legislature of the state is much more liberal than the voters, some of who are actual citizens and taxpayers.  Thing is they keep on electing very liberal legislators, giving the Democrat-Socialist party a super-majority in both houses of the legislature pretty regularly.  That group keeps spending taxpayer money to buy votes, and therefore they keep raising taxes in order to keep buying votes.  Around and around the wheel goes.
 
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the Democratic primary. Don't count out Mayor Eric Adams who is running for reelection as an Independent in the general election. 

1 comment:

bob walsh said...

It is also being openly said that Cuomo will run as an independent if he loses the Dem spot. Lindsay was elected mayor as an independent back in the 1970s if memory serves.