'Something Is Really Working': New Numbers Show Massive Reach of Mamdani's Campaign | Common Dreams
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New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani's viral campaign videos are reaching millions on Instagram and TikTok, showcasing his cheerful populism and positive vision for the city.

New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani’s viral campaign videos are reaching millions on Instagram and TikTok, showcasing his cheerful populism and positive vision for the city.

  • Archangel1313@lemmy.ca
    57·
    5 days ago

    This just highlights everything the Democrats did wrong during 2024. They really need to start taking notes, here.

    • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
      17·
      5 days ago

      Wish granted, well technically this was three weeks ago. So it’s more like you asked for something that already happened…

      Amna Nawaz:

      What do you take away from Zohran Mamdani’s New York City mayoral Democratic primary win? Are there lessons there for the party or the races?

      Ken Martin: (DNC chair)

      Well, first, it was a brilliant campaign. And there’s a lot of lessons.

      One is, he campaigned for something. And this is a critical piece. We can’t just be in a perpetual state of resisting Donald Trump. Of course, we have to resist Donald Trump. There’s no doubt about it for all the reasons we just talked about. But we also have to give people a sense of what we’re for, what the Democratic Party is fighting for, and what we would do if they put us back in power.

      And that’s really critical. And I think that’s one of the lessons from Mamdani’s campaign, is that he focused on affordability. He focused on a message that was resonant with voters, and he campaigned for something, not against other people or against other things. He campaigned on a vision of how he was going to make New York City a better place to live.

      I think that’s one of the lessons. The other lessons, of course, is the tactics he used to get his message out, both a very aggressive in-person campaigning, meeting voters where they’re at, and then also in those digital spaces, using very creative messaging to cut through the noise and to get to voters in an inexpensive but authentic way.

      There’s a lot to learn from that campaign, and I’m excited to learn more.

      https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/dnc-chair-on-the-path-to-winning-back-voters-and-lessons-democrats-can-learn-from-mamdani

        • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          5 days ago

          Theres a lot more going on, it’s just billionaire media won’t talk about it.

          At this point I really just need to make a community for the good shit the DNC is doing. Having this conversation over and over again just isn’t effective .

          • Archangel1313@lemmy.ca
            7·
            5 days ago

            Don’t be discouraged. People just need to see tangible results, before they’ll truly believe what you’re saying. I am hopeful, however…and do appreciate your optimism.

            • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
              7·
              5 days ago

              Oh by no means am I discouraged

              The community would be less effort and an easy way to point people at all the other stuff the DNC has been doing. I’m just too lazy to keep digging all the links up.

              I’ll probably end up setting it up soon.

          • grue@lemmy.world
            3·
            5 days ago

            At this point I really just need to make a community for the good shit the DNC is doing. Having this conversation over and over again just isn’t effective.

            But seriously, that’s a good idea and I (with positivity) encourage you to do it!

            Frankly, I wouldn’t have believed you either, if it weren’t for me remembering how critical you used to be of the Democrats before the change in leadership.

      • Fredselfish@lemmy.world
        7·
        5 days ago

        Anna Nawaz. When asked if they will endorse him. “Fuck No” probably. The DNC actions don’t show to the words this person put out. They are more likely working on how to keep people like him out of running in their rigged primaries. If it wasn’t for rank choice voting he probably wouldn’t have won.

    • floo@retrolemmy.comEnglish
      15·
      5 days ago

      Culminating in 2024, but “everything the Democrats have done wrong” reaches back about 25 years at least.

        • floo@retrolemmy.comEnglish
          8·
          5 days ago

          “Willing supplicancy” is more like it. Your comment implies that the new liberal Democrats didn’t actively court this for decades.