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[#StillNotEqual @SoapboxO]

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[#StillNotEqual @SoapboxO]

Mamdani is the first Asian American mayoral nominee in NYC history. Chinese voters just voted for Mamdani as did other Asian subgroups.

Papers quoting Yiatin Chu for the "Asian perspective" is such a joke. https://t.co/nokAA1S0Yf

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@JakeSherman Big bloodsucking billionaire bill

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@ycinnewyork @matloff @RossBarkan Mamdani won in higher density areas where lower income Chinese immigrants live: Manhattan and Brooklyn Chinatowns, Elmhurst, Flushing. Cuomo won 2/3 (vs maybe Mamdani 1/3) in lower density areas where there are many Chinese homeowners who can afford to buy a house.

[#StillNotEqual @SoapboxO]

@ycinnewyork You are conveniently ignoring AD30 (Elmhurst) which is the huge block of dark purple on the left side of your map (i.e. dense Chinese population). Cuomo didn't win a single election district in all of AD30.

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@RenuMukherjee1 What ADs did you post here? Don't recognize the surroundings on one of them.

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@RichardHanania While I do see some turnout declines in neighborhoods with Chinese immigrants, you are ignoring the fact that neighborhoods like Elmhurst and Flushing voted for Mamdani, so higher turnout there would be good for Mamdani.

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@2016Primary You should probably study the Mamdani win a bit closer. Mamdani did not run on a bunch of far left stuff that has the potential to make moderates uncomfortable. He figured out what was popular and ran on it. That works everywhere.

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@JCColtin The mom and pop business that produced this shirt is probably one of the voters that helped Mamdani win Manhattan Chinatown, Brooklyn Chinatown, Elmhurst, and Flushing, but hey, family's gotta eat.

[#StillNotEqual @SoapboxO]

@ycinnewyork This is just so inaccurate. Flushing core, Elmhurst, Brooklyn Chinatown, and Manhattan Chinatown all voted for Mamdani. Those are all majority Chinese neighborhoods. You can pretend it didn't happen, but it's not just South Asians. Chinese people voted solidly for Mamdani.

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@cinyc9 These are just based only on first ranks I assume. I look forward to this same comparison after RCV.

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@baseballot ah, you're right, missed the must resign part

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Mamdani stuck to a popular message and won. It will be critical that he learns from de Blasio and makes his mayoralty about things that are reasonably popular and minimize grassroots backlash. There's a lot riding on it, including downstate house seats in the 2026 midterms.

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@RussOnPolitics This does worry me, but on the other hand, GOP called NYers socialists even before. Not sure that alone gives GOP a new effective attack. New attack might resonate if/when ZM advocates for something shocking.

[#StillNotEqual @SoapboxO]

The Dem old guard learned this week it shouldn't have put all its hope on a famous sexual offender who didn't live in NYC. Rejecting Cuomo's fear and division, Mamdani ran on hope, racial and ethnic empathy and inclusion, and an affordable city where all NYers feel safe.

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If there was lingering embarrassment at voting for Santos, Suozzi was the perfect safe moderate conservative Dem for voters who had gotten burned.

Add Santos embarrassment to GOP's overall nutty brand these days, and Suozzi might look like your safe harbor in NY03.

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Janet Protasiewicz will be seated on August 1. State legislative redistricting case is expected to be filed. https://t.co/42QwJnVmgT

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Scenario: GOP wins a gerrymandered supermajority in WI state senate and GOP uses impeachment power to eliminate 4-3 liberal control of WI Supreme Court for ruling that gerrymandering violates WI constitution

[Nick Bohr @NickBohrWISN]

Dan Knodl (R) declares victory in 51-49% win in Senate race over Jodi Habush Sinykin. “I am incredibly grateful to the voters of the 8th Senate District for placing their trust in me to represent them in the Wisconsin State Senate,” Knodl said early Wednesday. #WISN12

[Nathaniel Rakich @baseballot]

If Republicans win Wisconsin #SD08, they'd theoretically have the votes to impeach (a majority of the Assembly) and remove (2/3 of the Senate) Protasiewicz. In that case, Gov. Tony Evers (D) would appoint a temporary replacement and then there would be a special election in 2024.