Janet (@xhali.bsky.social)

undefined on Instagram: "betootaadvocateUNBELIEVABLE: After months of being rubbished by the American media and the Democrat establishment, US politician Zo…" betootaadvocateUNBELIEVABLE: After months of being rubbished by the American media and the Democrat establishment, US politician Zohran Mamdani has today won the New York mayoral election.Mamdani, a proudly socialist 34-year-old, has defeated New York Governor Andrew Cuomo 49.6% to 41.6% (at time of publishing), with over two million people turning out to vote - the highest since 1969.After the disaster of Trump’s first year back in the White House, and with everyday American life interrupted by protests, immigration raids, corruption allegations and the unshakeable feeling that the nation is about to enter World War 3… it seems that supposedly left-wing political parties are being forced to confront the fact that left-wing policies seem to appeal to left-wing voters.It appears that the success of Mamdani isn’t so much a vote against Trumpian politics, but more a vote against the stale nothingness of the Democrats top brass – who, while pitching themselves as the progressive option in America’s political system, very seldom action – or even – offer – reforms.Mamdani has not been following the party line in the New York Mayoral race – instead he insists on offering left-wing positions and policies that most left-wing voters would expect from left-wing candidates.Weirdly, this has resulted in a huge following of working class voters who don’t really feel too well looked after by the late-stage capitalism and relentless social cleansing that is ravaging the streets of New York.The Democrats establishment still appear to be in disbelief over this result, and even went as far as running their preferred candidate as an Independent, with plans of re-absorbing him back in to their party the moment he defeated this inconvenient young man who righfully won nomination at a grassroots level.This election result signals a terrifying change in tides for the Democrats, who now realise that simply being ‘the lesser of two evils’ is not good enough for American voters - and no amount of hollow, Hillary-era, woke purity testing can drown out the desperate demands for major social and economic reforms. https://www.instagram.com/p/DQqWYY3kumc/?igsh=b3g2ODJ6cWVhZ3Vt