DEMOCRATS GO PROGRESSIVE IN NYC MAYOR PRIMARY. WILL INDEPENDENT AND REPUBLICAN JEWS GIVE THE GENERAL ELECTION TO A REPUBLICAN?

UPDATE: IF MAMDANI WINS, HE WILL WIN THE GENERAL ELECTION

Former Mayor Eric Adams, who Trump the Trump Justice Department dismissed criminal charges against, is running as an independent.  He has no shot.  Then there is the consummate candidate Curtis Sliwa running as a Republican. He is strong on Israel but not liked by progressives.  The progressive Jews will not vote for him.  He is a talk show host.  He is not a prime-time player.

The Progressive candidate in the Democratic NYC primary takes a clear lead.  He is disfavored by many independent Jewish groups, and the significant Jewish Republican groups.  If the election is thrown to the Republican in the general election, it could fracture NYC politics.

The election is not over.  NYC has one of those systems wherein starting with the bottom earner his/her votes are reallocated to the top three candidates. This continues one candidate at a time until someone has 50% + 1.  I will not even pretend to understand the reallocation process.  But for now, the Progressive candidate has a meaningful lead with 90% of the vote counted.

ZOHRAN MAMDANI    424,013

ANDREW COUMO        351,873

I will update as the numbers come in.

Cameron County should watch carefully.  It may be time for a new Democratic Party Progressive wing to take over from Gilberto Hinojosa and his puppets. 

HOW RANK-CHOICE VOTING WORKS

It will begin with the candidate receiving the least number of votes.  The voters were given the option to choose their second candidate up to 5 candidates.  They are not required to choose a second or third or so on candidate.

The remaining candidates will receive the second candidate voted for.  If no candidate receives 50% in the next round again the new bottom candidate has their votes reallocated based on who the voters chose as their third candidate. This continues until someone has 50%

Key to this system is, theoretically the top candidate could lose the election if enough people voted for the second-place candidate as their alternative. Cuomo has already called Mamdani, but that does not mean he has conceded the race.  CNN is claiming Cuomo conceded the race, but I read his statement wherein he says he needs to see the final numbers.

KEY IDEAS PROPOUNDED BY MAMDANI

 "a rent freeze, making city buses free and raising taxes on the wealthiest"  

I believe locally homes worth more than a $1 million dollars should have a special assessment for putting a higher burden on the system. I have always been a user tax person.  I do not mind paying the extra taxes on my plane ticket.  Why should someone who will never fly have to support the airport?  This should be largely on the users.  Obviously, the city has an interest in the airport and should support it, but I and other users should have to pay extra taxes though tickets to support the operation of the airport.