There was no shortage of head shaking when the election results came in Tuesday night. This was more than just Democratic victories across the board; it also had to do with what people voted for. In Virginia, they supported incompetence (Abigail Spanberger) and an attorney general who advocated killing his opponents and argued that children needed to die for Republicans to suffer politically (Jay Jones).
But the real tremors were felt in New York when upstart politician Zohran Mamdani won the mayoral election. The overt democratic socialist and latent communist came to power on a wave of populism and a wave of ingratiating media support. Instead of being a Trojan horse, Mamdani was open about his plans and desires. And he confused the voting base.
Mamdani is the city's youngest mayor in a century, and it was his contemporaries who brought him to power. That is, those who had the least amount of political experience and wisdom were influenced by the promises of this prodigy. The people with a rare vote to match Mamdani's lack of professional resume have put him in charge of the largest city, and disaster is only looming. Once his aggression on the tax base is implemented, those who must pay will not stay put. It remains to be seen how much of the money he's counting on will ultimately leave the area.
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Over at NBC News, the network's caffeine data expert Steve Kornacki presented the exit poll results, and what he saw surprised even him. The NBC pundit was stunned to see that there was a clear dividing line among voters based on age. For those over 45, they clearly chose Andrew Cuomo, but among those under 45, the overwhelming majority were in favor of Mamdani.
Steve Kornacki seemed nearly speechless around 9:07 p.m. while discussing the age split in the New York City mayoral race: Voters under 45 overwhelmingly voted for Mamdani, while voters over 45 strongly favored Cuomo:
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What makes the situation so volatile is that the cut-off point, and we see this in the exit poll, is about 45 years. Voters over 45 are among Cuomo's supporters. We see him winning over these voters. Voters under 45 years of age. Cuomo is falling off a cliff.
We are seeing a bloc of voters who were influenced by the huge promises made by Mamdani, unfazed by his recent history of anti-Semitic positions (likely influenced by the acceptance of it on university campuses) and took the position that socialism is a great system to experiment with in a city the size of New York. These are newcomers to the political landscape, demonstrating naivety about the agenda this man is weaving; this is a group seduced by snake oil, too young to understand the basis of the term.
It may sound tempting to hear Mamdani's promises as a young member of society. He wants to give out government gifts, provide city benefits such as free public transportation, operate city grocery stores for cheaper goods and lower rents – all with these gifts paid for by the wealthiest residents. Clean up the rich, give us benefits, and the city will become a utopia.
What these voters fail to do is look deeper into these issues. If this exciting policy is so amazing, have any of them ever wondered why it wasn't implemented sooner? Didn't they take into account that buses and subways will become mobile shelters for the homeless? Didn't any of them see? city grocer, recently bankrupt in Missouri? How about applying pragmatism to these proposals?
Mamdani has often been shown to have conflicting interpretations of fiscal policy. He plans to raise $9 billion by raising taxes on billionaires, saying the municipal rate is still lower than most other cities. He chooses to omit the fact that this tax exists in addition to the existing state tax, meaning the rich face higher rates. Analysts have used the same ploy, saying examples of other rate hikes for the wealthy have worked elsewhere, but they are using state examples that apply to city-limited proposals.
His promise to provide free child care for children under five, with providers paid at the same level as teachers, is so expensive that his campaign estimates costs could be as high as $20,000 per child and $6 billion in maintenance. That would account for two-thirds of the new tax revenue he plans to raise for just one of his programs. And if you consider that the city has been living with a budget deficit of $5-7 billion for the last few years, then these plans look even more ridiculous.
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With regard to his past problematic comments regarding Jews and support for Hamas and other violent groups in the Middle East, Mamdani has adopted the proven practice of politicians taking moderate positions during election periods. The applicant media was rife with excuses for this, suggesting that it was simply youthful indiscretions and that he had grown as a person.
Yes, seriously. Despite the propaganda of terror and communism, as recently as 2023, we were told to abandon these positions. Today he is a completely new person. Tim Miller of Bulwark stated that this shift is a result of Mamdani “deprogrammed himself” from such talk today. And enough young voters in the city believed these pathetic excuses.
Now we have no choice but to sit back and watch the inevitable failures as they unfold. It will be a return to the normal cycle of politics, where adults will have to step in and clean up the mess that children have created.
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