The national media are currently working on one of his favorite activities with regard to political coverage: trying to take a local election result and project nationally.
In the case of the victory of Zohran Mamdani over Andrew Cuomo in the NYC Democratic Mayoral Primary, there is a clear lesson about the state of the Democratic party and what their voters want, but the NYC race was an example of a pattern that Democrats continue to win.
Andrew Cuomo was a seriously damaged, scandal plagued, renewed who was stuck by special interests and PAC money. Nobody seemed enthusiastic about voting for Cuomo or the presence of the former governor in the race.
In just 33 years old, Mamdani is a younger, fresher voice, with different ideas.
He is everything that democratic voters have tried to tell the party that they want.
Why does Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) attract such large crowds for combating oligarchy meetings? Those crowds are largely composed of Democrats, and they show up because they realize that at an urgent moment like the country that is currently located, do things in the same old way, it will not cut.
2028 will be the first presidential primary who had no clinton, Obama or Biden at the top of the ticket.
One of the most common statements by Democrats is that they want new voices and change.
The feelings of the voters of the party are more than a response to Trump. It is slightly more visceral.
Democrats lost the presidential elections of 2024 because the presentation and the message were old. Kamala Harris brought an eruption of energy and freshness to the campaign, but in October the same elites, consultancy class and party institution had flown her, and vice-president Harris gave the same about 20-minute speech day after day, and the spark disappeared during election day.
New York is not representative of all United States. It is his own unique place, so try to project too many national lessons from the victory of Zohran Mamdani is a coercion of a fool, but since the 2024 elections have ended, democratic supporters have made clear what they want.
DNC donations are far down. The DNC itself is in the midst of the unrest that members of the Democratic Establishment have depicted, and a micro version of efforts to expel the establishment. The DNC is not the democratic party. The DNC task is to win elections. That’s it.
If Democrats want to win again, they have to listen to their voters. It does not matter whether a candidate is a moderate or progressive democrat. The point is that the Democrat is a new face and a new voice that is willing to be brave and fight.
The same tired establishment is confronted with the elite, candidates or consultants, will not get it done.
The only lesson from the Zohran Mamdani campaign is that Democrats are sick of the establishment and that they want change.
Are democrats ready for change? Share your opinion in the comments below.
