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What matters is who votes in the Democratic primary, a pool that is usually much smaller than the total number of eligible voters.
by djankauskas 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.
- 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.