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How a politician ot paid by aipac won? The idea that if you oppose israel it's a political suicide is BS
Turns out to win elections you need votes, not money.
For now.
For smaller elections, the majors need capital, for now, which is why we have shitty choices.
I mean, it's New York. Pretty much all cities are left leaning, especially in the context of how far right US politics have gotten, but New York in particular has a strong movement. I mean, they gave us AOC, too. I'm not sure if even LA with all these protests is going to have a legacy that strong, though Mamdani isn't the mayor yet.
But for the politicians competing for gerrymandered districts where the mass of rural, Fox-watching morons control the outcome (aka most of them), opposing the genocide is still a tough sell. Just being not-a-Republican is basically a death knell for any of those campaigns.
I mean, it's New York.
This. Plus ranked choice.
Yay!
Good, all those neo-liberal tears falling into their martinis.
a taste of the good timeline! refreshing! RCV is the way