Asking in good faith. I like politics, am involved in politics in my area, Tampa, so just felt like asking New Yorkers.
Seems like the few people I know that live in NYC love Mamdani and from what I’ve seen he’s been a good mayor so far.
Sometimes I feel envious that I don’t live in NYC right now lol
Francesca Hong is a favorite in the race. If she wins the Democratic primary on August 11, we could finally see how a democratic socialist is able to perform in a swing state.
Polling so far of a potential race between Francesca Hong and Tom Tiffany, the leading Republican, shows a statistical tie.
Between Hong in Wisconsin and El-Sayed in Michigan, both campaigns will serve as major stress tests for progressive electability in crucial presidential battleground states.
By defining class purely by a diploma, the mainstream narrative erases millions of people who are objectively working class but hold a degree. This creates a distorted view of who votes for DSA or progressive candidates.
The mainstream narrative dismisses the genuine economic grievances driving educated, low-to-middle-income voters toward socialist politics.
Fox News and right-wing media keep spreading a false narrative. How the story really went is quite different, context matters.
In a June 2026 interview Melat Kiros was asked if she believed the 9/11 attacks were “the inevitable consequence of American foreign policy” to which she replied:
“Inevitable in the sense that we destabilized a lot of the Middle East that forced people to believe that another act of violence was the only response. And again, just like I said before, our responsibility is to get rid of those conditions that lead to violence in the first place."
Link to the full interview on Nexton9NEWS:
Kiros is expected to defeat incumbent DeGette. Colorado CD-01
The establishment Dems have brought this upon themselves.
We need universal healthcare, more public transit, livable wages, among other things.
The federal minimum wage has not been increased since 2009, still at a low $7.25
People want real change.
These are NOT socialist or communist countries, they are social-democracies.
They have democratic governments, they have capitalism, but they also have very strong social programs.
And it’s not just those three, the U.S. is literally the only first-world country without universal healthcare and without national paid family leave.
It’s time that we elect politicians that actually care about the people, that actually work for the best interests of the working class.
Why do people go on and on about the U.S. becoming like Cuba if we do these things? It’s ridiculous. And yes, I know nothing is “free”.