# NYC Mayor election thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [June 24, 2025, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085 "2025-06-24T17:40:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 34
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/661 "2025-11-05T02:25:21Z")
With 53% of votes counted, Mamdani is up by about 8%. I wonder when they’ll “call” it. Maybe in a few minutes? The Times map shows that, within Manhattan, only the Upper East Side voted more for Cuomo. Stupid yuppies! ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/662 "2025-11-05T02:27:18Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > I think he still has a local radio talk show. Not sure. > > I checked, he did until very recently. I’ve always been surprised how well he did on radio. He did well enough to stay on a big station (WABC) for many years. He had a show with ultra liberal Ron Kuby for about a decade. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/663 "2025-11-05T02:33:14Z")
NBC News just called it for Mamdani. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/664 "2025-11-05T02:48:55Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > The Times map shows that, within Manhattan, only the Upper East Side voted more for Cuomo. Stupid yuppies! That’s the old-money blue-blood crowd. Stupid _preppies_. ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/665 "2025-11-05T03:10:08Z")
My main disappointment is that it wasn’t more of a rout. Would have liked to have seen a 20% or more margin for Mamdani. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/666 "2025-11-05T03:19:27Z")
So what exactly will Mamdani be able to do as mayor: don’t his policy proposals all have to be approved by the City Council? Are they very left wing–or are they owned by the real estate industry and similar groups? ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/667 "2025-11-05T04:06:47Z")
It’s worse than that, a lot of what he wants to do would need to be approved by Albany. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/668 "2025-11-05T04:27:02Z")
Mamdani is going hard! Opened with a quote from Eugene V. Debs, then wished Cuomo a happy private life, saying that tonight would be the last time he would ever utter that name. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/669 "2025-11-05T04:44:18Z")
That was a barn-burner of a speech. And he called out the President directly. Yikes! He also quoted Mario Cuomo, twice I think. Ballsy. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/670 "2025-11-05T04:47:48Z")
I think that’s the first time I’ve heard him speak at length, and I am completely fired up now. How am I supposed to go to bed after that? ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/671 "2025-11-05T06:10:57Z")
Congratulations New York, finally a silver lining in the shit-storm of American politics. Here’s hoping other states/cities take heed and turn their backs on Trumpism throughout your country. Cheers! ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/672 "2025-11-05T06:13:58Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > I’ve been saying for decades: people vote for candidates who take stands. Democrats need to pay attention. But the consultants say that unambiguous policy proposals cost us a quarter of a percent of support among left-handed entrepreneurs who have one or more parents born in a zip code whose alternating digits constitute prime numbers! ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/673 "2025-11-05T08:29:56Z")
You would probably have seen a 30 or 40 percent margin if Cuomo had buggered off and it was just Mamdani vs Sliwa. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/674 "2025-11-05T10:59:09Z")
> **[‘HotGirlsForCuomo’ website redirects to report into allegations against...](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/andrew-cuomo-website-sexual-harassment-allegations-b2849920.html)** > > Site intended to support independent candidate for New York City mayor redirected after conservative activist behind it is beaten in race to acquire address Bottle-blonde Bibi-backed babe tried to start a whole “Hot girls for Cuomo” thing (which is pretty cringe in itself, given Cuomo’s history) but forgot to register the website in time. Which is why [hotgirlsforcuomo.com](http://hotgirlsforcuomo.com) leads somewhere else instead. (Should be SFW, in case you’re worried). ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/675 "2025-11-05T12:15:02Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > My main disappointment is that it wasn’t more of a rout. Would have liked to have seen a 20% or more margin for Mamdani. Agreed. That’s my _only_ (rather minor) disappointment, though. All in all, this is a happy day. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/676 "2025-11-05T12:51:49Z")
He won with a majority of the votes, not just a plurality in the 3-way race. 50.4% ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/677 "2025-11-05T14:29:42Z")
Saw a disgusting post on FB today- a picture of the WTC on fire with the caption: “NYC Forgot”. Racist piece of shit that composed that post and disgusting bigots that shared it. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/678 "2025-11-05T17:20:19Z")
It’s funny that people (on both sides, but especially righties) are having huge emotional reactions to “NYC Elects Socialist Mayor!!!” But it’s only been four years since the last self-identified Socialist Mayor, Bill De Blasio, left office! He was certainly never popular with the NY Post reading types, but there wasn’t anything like this extreme over the top derangement we’ve seen so many examples of in this thread. I wonder what explanation there could possibly be for people feeling so much more threatened by Mamdami? GASP! It’s racism! ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/679 "2025-11-05T17:40:43Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > He won with a majority of the votes, not just a plurality in the 3-way race. 50.4% Yes, this is what I was telling my sister last night – that it was important that he won that smidge over 50%. But I went completely blank on the word. My sister couldn’t remember it either (we’re old). Then, she blurted out “pleurisy!” ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2025, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/680 "2025-11-05T19:20:36Z")
> [@Thing.Fish](#): > > GASP! It’s racism! That certainly seems like a significant element in this race. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085.md?page=33) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085.md?page=35)