# 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:** 7
**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:** [June 26, 2025, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/121 "2025-06-26T18:29:56Z")
> [@Boudicca90](#): > > This is really giving me the “AOC isn’t qualified to be in Congress because she previously a bartender” or “Obama isn’t qualified because he was previously a community organizer” vibe. I don’t hear these criticisms of white men nearly as often. He’s also faced “nepo baby” accusations because his mother is…an acclaimed film director 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/122 "2025-06-26T20:58:11Z")
This seems to fit: > **[https://preview.redd.it/cqlkvukrda9f1.png?auto=webp&s=c9806d62b421246c5c54e4...](https://preview.redd.it/cqlkvukrda9f1.png?auto=webp&s=c9806d62b421246c5c54e4f9ae9b0537f8a06af6)** ---
**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:** [June 26, 2025, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/123 "2025-06-26T21:33:09Z")
It appears Zohran actually did that thing that progressives in Democratic primaries always say they’ll do; make up for the loss of moderate votes by drawing formerly disengaged people into the electorate and increasing voter turnout. He smashed the previous record for votes received in a Democratic primary, 465K to 326K (De Blasio '17)…but Cuomo also got 389K. Hope he can keep it up in the general. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/124 "2025-06-26T22:35:25Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > This seems to fit: Wicked burn. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2025, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/125 "2025-06-26T23:57:08Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > We’ve had previous presidents without experience in elected office, but they’d all had storied military careers. Herbert Hoover? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 12:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/126 "2025-06-27T00:24:53Z")
> [@Boudicca90](#): > > I don’t hear these criticisms of white men nearly as often. trump is pretty white, and I said the same thing about Mayor Pete. This mayoral candidate looks Okay to me. I hope he wins vs the Republican candidate- and who is that? ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/127 "2025-06-27T00:42:03Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > I hope he wins vs the Republican candidate- and who is that? > **Curtis Sliwa wins Republican primary for NYC mayor** > > NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) – Curtis Sliwa has won the Republican primary for New York City mayor. > > Sliwa, who founded the nonprofit Guardian Angels, ran unopposed. He ran for mayor in 2021 and lost to current Mayor Eric Adams. - [SOURCE](https://pix11.com/news/politics/new-york-elections/curtis-sliwa-wins-republican-primary-for-nyc-mayor/) ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/128 "2025-06-27T00:56:07Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > Curtis Sliwa wins Republican primary for NYC mayor Talk about someone with no relevant experience! ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/129 "2025-06-27T00:59:17Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > > [@DrDeth](#): > > > > I hope he wins vs the Republican candidate- and who is that? > > > **Curtis Sliwa wins Republican primary for NYC mayor** I swear, the salvation of the NYC Dems is the NYC Republicans. (Unopposed! Really?) ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/130 "2025-06-27T01:04:21Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > Talk about someone with no relevant experience! He’s an experienced thug. Republicans like politicians who behave like thugs in office. Seems perfectly qualified with relevant experience to me. Idjits. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/131 "2025-06-27T01:25:25Z")
> [@Boudicca90](#): > > don’t hear these criticisms of white men nearly as often. I know, right? It’s almost like there’s some sort of racism going on. ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/132 "2025-06-27T07:02:36Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > He’s an experienced thug I suppose that’s one form of community organising. ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/133 "2025-06-27T11:36:22Z")
OTOH, we haven’t had our organization and 40+ year old claim to fame referenced in a Clash album track, have we? [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/8v-VM9fT08E/maxresdefault.jpg "The Clash - Red Angel Dragnet (Remastered)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8v-VM9fT08E) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/134 "2025-06-27T12:44:04Z")
Yeah, I was wondering about that “Guardian Angels”. Turns out it’s George Zimmerman, the nonprofit. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/135 "2025-06-27T17:00:55Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > As I heard it said in the Obama-Romney race: “Jesus was a community organizer. Pontius Pilate was a governor.” One was a career public servant, and one a dangerous religious zealot. Who would you vote for? 😁 ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/136 "2025-06-27T19:19:54Z")
Josh Marshall from TPM (my favorite news website by far), on the election and Mamdani (gift link): [https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/three-and-one-half-thoughts-on-mamdanis-big-big-win/sharetoken/6b518973-adaf-4901-82a6-37e499a032c6](https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/three-and-one-half-thoughts-on-mamdanis-big-big-win/sharetoken/6b518973-adaf-4901-82a6-37e499a032c6) I think he’s right about Mamdani and he has a bright future in politics. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/137 "2025-06-27T19:28:43Z")
> [@JRDelirious](#): > > I swear, the salvation of the NYC Dems is the NYC Republicans. (Unopposed! Really?) Yeah. I get they see little chance there but sometimes lightning strikes. You’d think the republicans would try if only to make a show of it and get some press attention that could help in other races (e.g. “See the shit show in NY! That’s what you’ll get if you don’t vote for Republican-X!” New York is the biggest US city…it looms large in politics even if you are nowhere near it. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/138 "2025-06-27T21:01:42Z")
> **[NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani is not a communist](https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2025/jun/26/donald-trump/Zohran-Mamdani-democratic-socialist-communist-NYC/)** > > Zohran Mamdani, a self-described democratic socialist, led the Democratic mayoral primary in New York City. He proposed free child care and buses, rent control and a handful of city-owned grocery stores. That is not akin to communism. trump called Mamdani “communist” so of course it isn’t true. ---
**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:** [June 27, 2025, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/139 "2025-06-27T21:15:18Z")
“He may be a liar, a pig, an idiot, a Communist, but he is NOT a porn star!” ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2025, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nyc-mayor-election-thread/1020085/140 "2025-06-27T21:23:53Z")
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