▲ 168 ▼ New York City mayoral race: Mamdani leads Cuomo by 19 points, poll shows (www.theguardian.com) submitted 1 year ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to c/usa@midwest.social 8 comments fedilink hide all child comments Poll says 44% of voters for Mamdani and 25% for Cuomo as Elise Stefanik chips away at Hochul’s lead in governor race
[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 15 points 1 year ago (1 child) The mayoral race isn't RCV; only the primary is. The actual election is FPTP. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CitricBase@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 child) You're right, the general is FPTP. That's dumb. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 8 points 1 year ago It is, but more pressingly it means we're seeing the numbers in the OP in an FPTP election. That's what I meant by the primary being worthless; the whole point of the primary is that everyone rallies behind the winner to not lose by splitting the vote, but that isn't happening. It's the latest finishing blow on a long list of finishing blows to the delusion that "vote blue no matter who" was ever anything more than a way to get the left to self-sabotage. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CitricBase@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 child) You're right, the general is FPTP. That's dumb. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 8 points 1 year ago It is, but more pressingly it means we're seeing the numbers in the OP in an FPTP election. That's what I meant by the primary being worthless; the whole point of the primary is that everyone rallies behind the winner to not lose by splitting the vote, but that isn't happening. It's the latest finishing blow on a long list of finishing blows to the delusion that "vote blue no matter who" was ever anything more than a way to get the left to self-sabotage. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 8 points 1 year ago It is, but more pressingly it means we're seeing the numbers in the OP in an FPTP election. That's what I meant by the primary being worthless; the whole point of the primary is that everyone rallies behind the winner to not lose by splitting the vote, but that isn't happening. It's the latest finishing blow on a long list of finishing blows to the delusion that "vote blue no matter who" was ever anything more than a way to get the left to self-sabotage. permalink fedilink source parent