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This is ridiculous conspiracy. A few thousand people in a city of millions is not a dominant voting bloc.
by TylerE 1y ago
This is ridiculous conspiracy. A few thousand people in a city of millions is not a dominant voting bloc.
- djankauskas 1y agoWhat matters is who votes in the Democratic primary, a pool that is usually much smaller than the total number of eligible voters.
- LeifCarrotson 1y agoDo union members reliably vote in primary elections?
- Ericson2314 1y agoYes, and they canvas too. But Mandami just won despite the all the machine unions endorsing Cuomo, so the machine now looks a lot weaker. (Yes, the leftmost candidate had a lot less union support. Chew on that.)
- throw0101d 1y ago> What matters is who votes in the Democratic primary, a pool that is usually much smaller than the total number of eligible voters. Most "blue-collar" / "working-class" voters lean GOP nowadays: * https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/gop-rapidly-becoming-blue-collar-party-here-s-what-means-n1258468 https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/gop-rapidly-... * https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/11/04/new-republican-party-working-class-coalition-00122822 https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2023/11/04/new-republ... Which is ironic given GOP policies are generally anti-worker. A lot of folks are voting due to their (perceived) grievances and not in their actual self interest.
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- lotsofpulp 1y agoNot at all. In local politics, government employee unions and their family members get their way many times because those are the people who show up to vote, including in the primaries. Especially the cops/firefighters.
- IncreasePosts 1y agoEvery other union head is sweating seeing that though