Takeaways from Tuesday’s elections: Democrats win across the spectrum as voters reject Trump
Voters up and down the East Coast delivered Democrats a sweep on Tuesday, electing candidates across the party’s ideological spectrum in a vivid show of discontent with President Donald Trump nearly a year into his second term.
In Virginia, moderate former Rep. Abigail Spanberger turned in the strongest Democratic performance in the state’s recent history as she coasted to victory. And in New Jersey, another moderate, Rep. Mikie Sherrill, busted apart the coalition Trump and her Republican rival, former state lawmaker Jack Ciattarelli, had put together to close the Garden State’s gap in recent elections.
In New York City, democratic socialist Zohran Mamdani’s win marked the second time this year he’d defeated former Gov. Andrew Cuomo — first in the Democratic primary, and then in the general election, with Cuomo running as an independent backed by Trump.
Late Stage Capitalism has won this for the Democrats.
The poor and poorly educated that Trump appeals to are being hurt economically and rather than lean into identity politics alienation, Zohran went for economic justice over social justice.
Zohran’s policies of free public transport, free childcare, rent freezes, unionism, government backed supermarkets appeal because late stage capitalism is crushing people.
In real terms wages in America have not gone up in 30 years!
Because the Democrats refused to rebuild after Covid to acknowledge the universal sacrifice all had made, the Democrats just rebuilt the old inequalities and because so many Americans live in poverty, that burnt them twice as bad.
There are 650 000 homeless Americans, 120 000 of those are kids, 40% of the entire country lives month to month knowing 1 financial crisis will make them homeless.
When those people in need turn to the Democrats, what were they fixated with? Identity Politic hierarchy and the appropriate virtue signal dogma.
No poor people are sitting around the kitchen table cancelling each other for pronouns.
They are trying to pay the Bills.
Trump leaned into that working class resentment because he has felt that resentment from the other Billionaire class all his life.
Zohran has offered actual solutions by subsidising those costs of living in a way that makes living possible.
Class based Economic Justice, not middle class intersectional identity politics will win the Left elections.
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Zohran’s election speech was one of the best I have ever listened to. New Yorkers are privileged to have this man standing up for them and working for them ! It puts all of the current political leadership of this country in perspective. It really is that bad in Aotearoa.
Expect Zohran to continue for Bernie when he stands down. The knives are being sharpened but they will need to get through the people of New York before they get to him such is his appeal and strength of message.